MeSH note : synthesized by hepatic microsomes from previable & anencephalic human fetuses; abundant
steroid of umbilical cord blood & the physiologic precursor for 16-ketoestradiol-17
beta; major urinary estrogen of human pregnancy; structure;
CISMeF synonym : 16-ketoandrostenediol;
MeSH Hyperonym : 16-oxoandrostenediol;
MeSH CAS label : (3 beta,17 beta)-3,17-dihydroxyandrost-5-en-16-one;