Adrenosterone, also known as Reichstein's substance G , as well as 11-ketoandrostenedione (11-KA4), 11-oxoandrostenedione (11-OXO), and androst-4-ene-3,11,17-trione, is a steroid hormone with an extremely weak androgenic effect, and an intermediate/prohormone of 11-ketotestosterone.[1] It was first isolated in 1936 from the adrenal cortex by Tadeus Reichstein at the Pharmaceutical Institute in the University of Basel. Originally, adrenosterone was called Reichstein's substance G. Adrenosterone occurs in trace amounts in humans as well as most mammals and in larger amounts in fish, where it is a precursor to the primary androgen, 11-ketotestosterone.[2]
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| IUPAC name
Androst-4-ene-3,11,17-trione
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| Systematic IUPAC name
(3aS,3bS,9aR,9bS,11aS)-9a,11a-Dimethyl-2,3,3a,3b,4,5,8,9,9a,9b,11,11a-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-1,7,10-trione | |
| Other names
Reichstein's substance G
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.006.222 |
| MeSH | Adrenosterone |
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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| C19H24O3 | |
| Molar mass | 300.39 g/mol |
| Melting point | 222 °C (432 °F; 495 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Adrenosterone is sold as a dietary supplement since 2007 as a fat loss and muscle gaining supplement. It is thought to be a competitive selective 11βHSD1 inhibitor, which is responsible for activation of cortisol from cortisone.[3] Thus preventing muscle breakdown, and contributing to a majority of its effects.
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- ^ Blasco, M. N.; Carriquiriborde, P.; Marino, D. N.; Ronco, A. E.; Somoza, G. M. (2009). "A quantitative HPLC–MS method for the simultaneous determination of testosterone, 11-ketotestosterone and 11-β hydroxyandrostenedione in fish serum". Journal of Chromatography B. 877 (14–15): 1509–1515. doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.03.028. PMID 19369122.
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