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                                                                Synonyms: 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one sulfate | 3α-hydroxy-5β-pregnan-20-one sulfate
                                 
                                                         
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                                                            Metabolite
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Pregnanolone sulphate is an endogenous neurosteroid. It behaves as a negative allosteric modulator of NMDA-induced currents in vitro [1-2]. The nonsulphated analogue does not produce any significant effect on the NMDA response.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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| Bioactivity Comments | 
| In whole cell voltage clamp recordings pregnanolone sulphate rapidly and reversibly inhibits NMDA-induced currents with an EC50 of 62 µM [2]. |