Hydroxycorticosteroids

Steroid skeleton. Carbons 18 and above can be absent.

Hydroxycorticosteroids are corticosteroids that have an additional hydroxy (-OH) group.

There are two main positions where the hydroxy are added: at the 11, and at the 17.

At the 11 position

Corticosterone (a 11-hydroxycorticosteroid).

11-hydroxycorticosteroids include:

• aldosterone
• corticosterone
• hydrocortisone

At the 17 position

Cortisone (a 17-hydroxycorticosteroid).

17-hydroxycorticosteroids include:

• cortisone
• hydrocortisone

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