LP15552-0
Epitestosterone
Active
Description
The 17-alpha isomer of TESTOSTERONE, derived from PREGNENOLONE via the delta5-steroid pathway, and via 5-androstene-3-beta,17-alpha-diol. Epitestosterone acts as an antiandrogen in various target tissues. The ratio between testosterone/epitestosterone is used to monitor anabolic drug abuse. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Epitestosterone
- Part Display Name
- Epitestosterone
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Epitestost
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 表睾酮 Synonyms: 表睾甾酮 |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Épitestostérone |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Epitestosteroon |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Epitestosterona |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Epitestosterone |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Epitestosteron |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Эпитестостерон |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | epitestosteron |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Épitestostérone |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Épitestostérone |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Epitestosteron |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Επιτεστοστερόνη Synonyms: Επιτεστοστερόνη |
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