4-Dehydroepiandrosterone (4-DHEA) or 4-Andro is a steroid that is an isomer of 5-dehydroepiandrosterone.
4-DHEA has been prepared by laboratory synthesis.Klimstra, Paul D.; Colton, F. B. Synthesis of 3β-hydroxyestr-4-en-17-one and 3β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-17-one. Steroids (1967), 10(4), 411-24.Ward, Margaret G.; Orr, James C.; Engel, Lewis L. A convenient synthesis of 3β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-17-one. Journal of Organic Chemistry (1965), 30(5), 1421-3.
Synonyms Synonyms for 4-dehydroepiandrosterone are:
3β-Hydroxy-4-androsten-17-one, 3β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-17-one, 3β-hydroxy-D4-androsten-17-one, 3β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-17-one, 3β-hydroxy-etioallocholan-4-en-17-one, and 4-androsten-3β-ol-17-one.
See also
1-Dehydroepiandrosterone 5-Dehydroepiandrosterone
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