“…There is good evidence that pregnenolone and its sulphate are secreted by the human adrenal (Wieland, DeCourcy, Levy, Zala & Hirschmann, 1965;Fukushima, Bradlow, Hellman & Gallagher, 1963;Arcos, Gurpide, VandeWiele & Lieberman, 1964;Conrad, Pion & Kitchin, 1967). However, there is no evidence that 17-acetoxypregnenolone and its sulphate are natural products.…”