Etiocholanolone

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Etiocholanolone (or aetiocholanolone) is a metabolite of testosterone. Classified a ketosteroid, it causes fever, immunostimulation and leukocytosis; is used to evaluate adrenal cortex function, bone marrow performance and in neoplastic disease for immunostimulation. Synonym: 5-isoandrosterone.It is excreted in the URINE. Pubchem(5880)

KEGG Pathway(C04373) Androgen and estrogen metabolism

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