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Obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland
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adrenosterone
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n. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland
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Adrenosterone is a steroid hormone with weak androgenic effect. It was first isolated in 1936 from the adrenal cortex by Tadeus Reichstein at the Pharmaceutical Institute in the University of Basel . Originally, adrenosterone was called Reichstein's substance ...
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n. (context hormone English) A hormone, originally isolated from the adrenal cortex that has weak androgenic effects
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adrenosterone \adrenosterone\ n. 1. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland.