11-deoxycorticosterone; desoxycorticosterone; desoxycortone (Zycortal)

Function

• mineralocorticoid
• no significant glucocorticoid activity
• produced from progesterone by steroid 21-beta-hydroxylase
• converted to cortisosterone by steroid 11-beta-hydroxylase

Laboratory

• 11-deoxycorticosterone in dried blood spot
• 11-deoxycorticosterone in serum/plasma
• 11-deoxycorticosterone in urine

More general terms

• pregnenedione
• hydroxycorticosteroid
• mineralocorticoid
• adrenal cortex hormone; corticosteroid

More specific terms

• 18-OH deoxycorticosterone or 18-OH desoxycorticosterone

Additional terms

• 11-deoxycorticosterone in body fluid
• adrenal steroid biosynthesis

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=6166
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=223578
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=3001
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5952