Chemicals and Drugs

Tetrahydrocortisone

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Chemical Identity

Chemical Information

Molecular Formula
C21H32O5
Molecular Weight
364.5 g/mol
CAS Registry No.
53-05-4
IUPAC Name
(3R,5R,8S,9S,10S,13S,14S,17R)-3,17-dihydroxy-17-(2-hydroxyacetyl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,14,15,16-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-11-one
InChIKey
SYGWGHVTLUBCEM-ZIZPXRJBSA-N
SMILES
C[C@]12CC[C@H](C[C@H]1CC[C@@H]3[C@@H]2C(=O)C[C@]4([C@H]3CC[C@@]4(C(=O)CO)O)C)O
MeSH Unique ID
D013761
Source
PubChem CID 5866

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Aspects Covered

25 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with TETRAHYDROCORTISOL

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History Note

91(73); was see under CORTISONE 1973-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Cortisone (1966-1972)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tetrahydrocortisone. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013761. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013761
  2. Tetrahydrocortisone. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocortisone
  3. Tetrahydrocortisone. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7706546
  4. Tetrahydrocortisone. In: PubChem Compound. CID 5866. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5866