- Metabolite
- HMDB0000253 (Pregnenolone)
- Biospecimen
- Blood
- Status
- Detected and Quantified
- Data source
- Referenced
- Concentration
- 0.0423 +/- 0.0130 uM
- Age
- Adult (>18 years old)
- Sex
- Female
- Condition
- Prepartum depression
Comments
n=9, 26-28 weeks pregnant with depression
References
- Pearson Murphy BE, Steinberg SI, Hu FY, Allison CM: Neuroactive ring A-reduced metabolites of progesterone in human plasma during pregnancy: elevated levels of 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone in depressed patients during the latter half of pregnancy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Dec;86(12):5981-7. [PubMed:11739473 ]