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  • Title: Steroid spectrum in human urine as revealed by gas chromatography V. Identification and quantitation of 3 alpha, 20 alpha-dihydroxy-5-beta pregnan-11-one (11-keto-pregnanediol) during different stages of development in children with C/21 hydroxylase deficiency.
    Author: Kecskés L, Czira G.
    Journal: Acta Biochim Biophys Acad Sci Hung; 1981; 16(3-4):179-88. PubMed ID: 6982583.
    Abstract:
    A component was observed in the steroid spectrum of the urine of salt-loosing children with C/21-hydroxylase deficiency, which was eluted from Sp 2100 stationary phase before pregnanetriol but, unlike pregnanetriol, exhibited heat and acid stability. This component was isolated by paper chromatography and identified as 3 alpha, 20 alpha-dihydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-11-one by GC-MS and further gas chromatographic analysis. The amount of the steroid was minimal in the urine of infants, while in children submitted to substitution corticoid therapy it showed an increasing tendency, especially during puberty. The maximal value of excretion, in one case, amounted to 17% relative to total steroids. In puberty a significant excretion of 11-keto-pregnanediol indicates that under the given conditions the 11 beta-hydroxylation of steroid intermediates in the adrenals may be considerable not only at the level of 11-hydroxy-progesterone but also at that of progesterone.
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