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                                    Abbreviated name: DHEA
                                 
                            
                            
                               
                                                                Synonyms: androstenolone | dehydroepiandrostenedione | DHA | Intrarosa® | Prasterone
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                dehydroepiandrosterone is an approved drug (FDA (2016), EMA (2018)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
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                                        Comment: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA; prasterone) is a precursor that is converted to oestrogens and androgens.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
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                                                                         1. Maksay G, Laube B, Betz H. (2001)
                                         Subunit-specific modulation of glycine receptors by neurosteroids. Neuropharmacology, 41 (3): 369-76. [PMID:11522328]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         2. Rose KA, Stapleton G, Dott K, Kieny MP, Best R, Schwarz M, Russell DW, Björkhem I, Seckl J, Lathe R. (1997)
                                         Cyp7b, a novel brain cytochrome P450, catalyzes the synthesis of neurosteroids 7alpha-hydroxy dehydroepiandrosterone and 7alpha-hydroxy pregnenolone. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 94 (10): 4925-30. [PMID:9144166]  |