Pregnenolone is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pregnenolone in a sentence
Pregnenolone meaning
A steroid prohormone involved in the steroidogenesis of progesterone, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens.
Using Pregnenolone
- The main meaning on this page is: A steroid prohormone involved in the steroidogenesis of progesterone, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens.
Context around Pregnenolone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pregnenolone
- In this selection, "pregnenolone" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, specific stand out and add context to how "pregnenolone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in which pregnenolone is modified and production of pregnenolone specific enzymes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pregnenolone" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pregnenolone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After the production of pregnenolone, specific enzymes of each cortical layer further modify it. (14 words)
Usually a number of intermediate steps in which pregnenolone is modified several times are required to form the functional hormones. citation Enzymes that catalyze reactions in these metabolic pathways are involved in a number of endocrine diseases. (37 words)
Usually a number of intermediate steps in which pregnenolone is modified several times are required to form the functional hormones. citation Enzymes that catalyze reactions in these metabolic pathways are involved in a number of endocrine diseases. (37 words)
After the production of pregnenolone, specific enzymes of each cortical layer further modify it. (14 words)
Example sentences (2)
After the production of pregnenolone, specific enzymes of each cortical layer further modify it.
Usually a number of intermediate steps in which pregnenolone is modified several times are required to form the functional hormones. citation Enzymes that catalyze reactions in these metabolic pathways are involved in a number of endocrine diseases.