4-Androsten-11β-ol-3,17-dione is a steroid hormone. An analog of Androstenedione (A637550).
ChEBI: 11beta-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione is an 11beta-hydroxy steroid, a 3-oxo steroid, a 17-oxo steroid and an androstanoid. It has a role as a human metabolite and a mouse metabolite.
11β-Hydroxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione is a naturally occurring steroid that is primarily, if not strictly, produced in adrenal tissue. In diseases such as Cushing′s syndrome, adrenal-originated hyperandrogenism, and congenital adrenal hyperplasia, plasma 11β levels are very high. Plasma 11β concentration is very low in congenital 11-hydroxylase deficiency and adrenal insufficiency.
The plasma concentration of 11-Beta-hydroxyandrostenedione (11beta-hydroxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione) is very high in 21-hydroxylase deficiency, Cushing's syndrome, and hyperandrogenism of adrenal origin, and very low in congenital 11-hydroxylase deficiency and adrenal insufficiency. Thus, when plasma 4-androstenedione is elevated, it is useful to measure the plasma 11-Beta-hydroxyandrostenedione level in order to determine the adrenal or ovarian origin of the hyperandrogenism[1].
Human Endogenous Metabolite
