A pregnenedione (singular pregnanediol ) is an unsaturated diketone derivative of a pregnane .[ 1] Examples are budesonide and progesterone (pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione).[ 2] [ 3]
References
^ Pregnenediones at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
^ Bratoeff, Eugene; Ramírez, Elena; Flores, Eugenio; Valencia, Norma; Sánchez, Mauricio; Heuze, Ivonne; Cabeza, Marisa (October 2003). "Molecular interactions of new pregnenedione derivatives" . Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin . 51 (10): 1132– 1136. doi :10.1248/cpb.51.1132 . ISSN 0009-2363 . PMID 14519916 .
^ Bratoeff, Eugene; Ramírez, Elena; Flores, Eugenio; Valencia, Norma; Sánchez, Mauricio; Heuze, Ivonne; Cabeza, Marisa (2003). "Molecular Interactions of New Pregnenedione Derivatives" . Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin . 51 (10): 1132– 1136. doi :10.1248/cpb.51.1132 . PMID 14519916 .