Androstenedione

DB01536IllicitInvestigationalSmall molecule

A delta-4 C19 steroid that is produced not only in the testis, but also in the ovary and the adrenal cortex. Depending on the tissue type, androstenedione can serve as...

Mechanism: 4-androstenedione is a 19-carbon steroid hormone produced in the adrenal glands and the gonads as an intermediate step in the biochemical pathway that produces the androgen testosterone and the estrogens estrone and estradiol.
Curator reviewed
Formula / weight: C₁₉H₂₆O₂ · 286.4085 g/mol (avg)
Also known as: 4-Androstenedione
Code names: SKF 2170

Resolves to

Compound

UNII409J2J96VRCAS63-05-8ChEMBLCHEMBL274826ChEBI16422PubChem6128KEGGD00051

Clinical / RWD

RxNorm784

Structure

InChIKeyAEMFNILZOJDQLW-QAGGRKNESA-NSMILES[H][C@@]12CCC(=O)[C@@]1(C)CC[C@@]1([H])[C@@]2([H])CCC2=CC(=O)CC[C@]12C

Targets

P14061HSD17B1P14060HSD3B1P42330AKR1C3P11511CYP19A1Q00441eryF

What you can answer from here — as of September 23, 2026

5Protein targetsEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action

Listed above

170Drug interactionsStructured to mechanism, not free text

1Clinical trialPhase, status and sponsor resolved per trial

4Structured indicationsCondition, population, route and combination as fields, not prose

11+ReferencesStructured and connected to the statements they support

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