Etiocholane, also known as 5β-androstane or 5-epiandrostane, is an androstane (C19) steroid. It is the 5β-isomer of androstane. Etiocholanes include 5β-androstanedione, 5β-dihydrotestosterone, 3α,5β-androstanediol, 3β,5β-androstanediol, etiocholanolone, epietiocholanolone, and 3α,5β-androstanol.
17β-Ethyletiocholanes, or 5β-pregnanes,[1] include 5β-dihydroprogesterone, pregnanolone, and epipregnanolone, as well as pregnanediol and pregnanetriol.
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- ^ William M. Haynes (19 April 2016). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 93rd Edition. CRC Press. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-1-4398-8050-0.