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<compound>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2011-09-21 00:26:31 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-19 02:43:31 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB023222</accession>
  <name>5a-Pregnane-3,20-dione</name>
  <description>A biologically active 5-alpha-reduced metabolite of plasma progesterone. It is the immediate precursor of 5-alpha-pregnan-3-alpha-ol-20-one (allopregnanolone), a neuroactive steroid that binds with GABA(A) receptor. [HMDB]</description>
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    <synonym>3,20-Allopregnanedione</synonym>
    <synonym>3,20-Dioxo-5a-pregnane</synonym>
    <synonym>3,20-Dioxo-5alpha-pregnane</synonym>
    <synonym>3,20-dioxo-5α-pregnane</synonym>
    <synonym>5-a-Dihydroprogesterone</synonym>
    <synonym>5-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone</synonym>
    <synonym>5-alpha-Pregnane-3,20-dione</synonym>
    <synonym>5-α-dihydroprogesterone</synonym>
    <synonym>5a-Dihydroprogesterone</synonym>
    <synonym>5a-Pregnan-3,20-dione</synonym>
    <synonym>5a-Pregnane-3,20-dione</synonym>
    <synonym>5alpha-Dihydroprogesterone</synonym>
    <synonym>5alpha-pregnan-3,20-dione</synonym>
    <synonym>5alpha-Pregnane-3,20-dione</synonym>
    <synonym>5b-Pregnane-3,20-dione</synonym>
    <synonym>5beta-Pregnane-3,20-dione</synonym>
    <synonym>5α-dihydroprogesterone</synonym>
    <synonym>5α-pregnane-3,20-dione</synonym>
    <synonym>Allopregnan-3,20-dione</synonym>
    <synonym>Pregnane-3,20-dione</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C21H32O2</chemical_formula>
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  <cas_registry_number>566-65-4</cas_registry_number>
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    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as gluco/mineralocorticoids, progestogins and derivatives. These are steroids with a structure based on a hydroxylated prostane moiety.</description>
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    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Lipids and lipid-like molecules</super_class>
    <class>Steroids and steroid derivatives</class>
    <sub_class>Pregnane steroids</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aliphatic homopolycyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
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      <alternative_parent>20-oxosteroids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>3-oxo-5-alpha-steroids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Cyclic ketones</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
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      <substituent>20-oxosteroid</substituent>
      <substituent>3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid</substituent>
      <substituent>3-oxosteroid</substituent>
      <substituent>Aliphatic homopolycyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Cyclic ketone</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Ketone</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Oxosteroid</substituent>
      <substituent>Progestogin-skeleton</substituent>
    </substituents>
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      <external_descriptor>20-oxo steroid</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>3-oxo steroid</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>C21 steroids (gluco/mineralocorticoids, progestogins) and derivatives</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>C21-steroid hormone</external_descriptor>
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  </taxonomy>
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      <source>ALOGPS</source>
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      <source>ALOGPS</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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      <name>Steroidogenesis</name>
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