5-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"5-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				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.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D043582 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | D04.808.745.558.075 D06.472.334.851.687.750.070 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | 5-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone5-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone5 alpha Dihydroprogesterone5 alpha-Dihydroprogesterone5 alpha-Pregnane-3,20-dione5 alpha Pregnane 3,20 dione5-alpha-Pregnane-3,20-dione5alpha-Pregnane-3,20-dione5alpha Pregnane 3,20 dione3,20-Allopregnanedione, (5alpha)-Isomer5-alpha-Pregnanedione5 alpha Pregnanedione5alpha-DHP5alpha DHP
 5-beta-Dihydroprogesterone5-beta-Dihydroprogesterone5 beta Dihydroprogesterone5beta-DHP5beta DHP3,20-Allopregnanedione3,20 Allopregnanedione5 beta-Pregnane-3,20-dione5 beta Pregnane 3,20 dione
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