See Also: androsterone(medicine)
androsterone(dictionary)
androsterone sulfotransferase(medicine)

androsterone (iou)



androsterone noun. M20.
[from ANDRO- + -STERONE.]
Biochemistry. A relatively inactive metabolite of testosterone.
'androstane noun [-ANE] a saturated hydrocarbon of which testosterone and related compounds are derivatives M20.
,androstene'dione, ,androsten$sm.dione noun [-ENE + DI-2 + -ONE] an isomer of testosterone which accompanies the latter in androgenic secretions, in some animals being the predominant male hormone M20.