Abstract:The occurrence, metabolic formation and degradation of 5β-pregnan-3α-ol-20-one are reviewed.
Estimation of 5β-pregnan-3α-ol-20-one in urine has shown that:
under acid conditions 5β-pregnane-3α,17α,20α-triol is destroyed with partial formation of pregnanolone; however, the amounts of pregnanolone that are formed, do not interfere with the estimation of pregnanolone in urine of normal adults after acid hydrolysis and offer no explanation for the high levels of pregnanolone in urine of patients wi… Show more
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