deoxycortone


de·ox·y·cor·ti·cos·ter·one (DOC),

(dē-oks'ē-kōr'ti-kos'tĕr-ōn), An adrenocortical steroid, principally a biosynthetic precursor of corticosterone, which occasionally appears in adrenocortical secretions; a potent mineralocorticoid with no appreciable glucocorticoid activity. Synonym(s): 21-hydroxyprogesterone, cortexone, deoxycortone, desoxycortone