Pregnenedione

A pregnenedione is an unsaturated diketone derivative of a pregnane.[1]

Not to be confused with pregnenolone or pregneninolone.

Examples are budesonide and progesterone (pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione).

References
  1. Pregnenediones at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)



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