MeSH Keyword for PubChem Compound (Select 63052) - MeSH

Select item 670409701.

dexamethasone-17-carboxamide [Supplementary Concept]

Date introduced: May 14, 1984

Select item 680132592.

Steroids, Fluorinated

Steroids which are substituted with one or more fluorine atoms in any position.

Year introduced: 1974

Select item 680132563.

Steroids

A group of polycyclic compounds closely related biochemically to TERPENES. They include cholesterol, numerous hormones, precursors of certain vitamins, bile acids, alcohols (STEROLS), and certain natural drugs and poisons. Steroids have a common nucleus, a fused, reduced 17-carbon atom ring system, cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene. Most steroids also have two methyl groups and an aliphatic side-chain attached to the nucleus. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th ed)

Year introduced: 1963

Select item 680112784.

Pregnanes

Saturated derivatives of the steroid pregnane. The 5-beta series includes PROGESTERONE and related hormones; the 5-alpha series includes forms generally excreted in the urine.

Year introduced: 1968

Select item 680112465.

Pregnadienetriols

Doubly unsaturated pregnane derivatives substituted with three hydroxy groups anywhere within the ring structure or side chains.

Year introduced: 1974

Select item 680112456.

Pregnadienes

Pregnane derivatives containing two double bonds anywhere within the ring structures.

Year introduced: 1973

Select item 680110837.

Polycyclic Compounds

Compounds which contain two or more rings in their structure.