| desoxy sugar | A sugar containing fewer oxygen atoms than carbon atoms and in which, consequently, one or more carbons in the molecule lack an attached hydroxyl group. Synonym: desoxy sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| desoxycorticosterone | <chemical> 21-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione. Mineralocorticoid. Desoxycorticosterone acetate (doca) is used as replacement therapy in addison's disease. Chemical name: Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 21-hydroxy- (12 Dec 1998) |
| desoxycortone | 11-Deoxycorticosterone; 21-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione;an adrenocortical steroid, principally a biosynthetic precursor of corticosterone and possibly aldosterone, that rarely appears in adrenocortical secretions; a potent mineralocorticoid with no appreciable glucocorticoid activity. Synonym: 21-hydroxyprogesterone, cortexone, deoxycortone, desoxycortone. Deoxycorticosterone acetate, desoxycorticosterone acetate;acetate salt used for intramuscular injection for replacement therapy of the adrenocortical steroid. Deoxycorticosterone pivalate, desoxycorticosterone pivalate;pivalate salt of the steroid. (05 Mar 2000) |