17-hydroxycorticosteroid

17-hydroxycorticosteroid
17-hy·droxy·cor·ti·co·ste·roid .sev-ən-'tēn-hī-.dräk-sē-.kȯrt-i-kō-'sti(ə)r-.ȯidalso -'ste(ə)r- n any of several adrenocorticosteroids (as cortisol) with an -OH group and an HOCH2CO- group attached to carbon 17 of the fused ring structure of the steroid

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(17-OHCS) any steroid hydroxylated at carbon 17; some are intermediates in the biosynthesis of steroid hormones and are accumulated and excreted abnormally in various disorders of steroidogenesis. Those with dihydroxyacetone side chains (Porter-Silber chromogens) react positively in the Porter-Silber reaction.

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