Hydroxycorticosteroids

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Steroid skeleton. Carbons 18 and above can be absent.
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Steroid skeleton. Carbons 18 and above can be absent.

Hydroxycorticosteroids are corticosteroids that have an additional hydroxy (-OH) group.

There are two main positions where the hydroxy are added: at the 11, and at the 17.

[edit] At the 11 position

Corticosterone (a 11-hydroxycorticosteroid).
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Corticosterone (a 11-hydroxycorticosteroid).

11-hydroxycorticosteroids include:

[edit] At the 17 position

Cortisone (a 17-hydroxycorticosteroid).
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Cortisone (a 17-hydroxycorticosteroid).

17-hydroxycorticosteroids include:

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