Chemical Properties
white to light beige crystalline powder
Uses
Typical urinary
17-oxosteroid, formed by the metabolic reduction of testosterone.
Less potent than testosterone.
Uses
It was isolated from male urine after removed of the phenolic estrogen fraction.
Definition
ChEBI: An androstanoid that is 5alpha-androstane having a hydroxy substituent at the 3alpha-position and an oxo group at the 17-position. It is a metabolite of dehydroepiandrosterone .
Purification Methods
Crystallise androsterone from Me2CO/Et2O or Me2CO and sublime it in high vacuum. The acetate [1164-95-0] crystallises from Et2O, Me2CO/Et2O or aqueous EtOH and sublimes in high vacuum with m 165-166o, [] D 25 +87o (c 2, EtOH). [Ruzicka Helv Chim Acta 17 1389 1934, Marker J Am Chem Soc 57 1755 1935, Gnds & Orr J Chem Soc Chem Commun 1239 1982, Beilstein 8 IV 462.]
