The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology is downloaded weekly from EMBL-EBI at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/. The data is made available under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). For more information see: Degtyarenko et al. (2008) ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, D344–D350.
A 3beta-sterol that is androsta-5,16-dien-3beta-ol substituted at position 17 by a 3-pyridyl group. Administered as the O-acetate, it is used for treatment of metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.
abiraterone results in decreased activity of CYP17A1 protein abiraterone analog results in decreased activity of CYP17A1 protein; abiraterone results in decreased activity of CYP17A1 protein [[abiraterone results in decreased activity of CYP17A1 protein] which results in decreased hydroxylation of Pregnenolone] which results in increased chemical synthesis of 17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone; [[abiraterone results in decreased activity of CYP17A1 protein] which results in decreased hydroxylation of Progesterone] which results in increased chemical synthesis of 17-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone; [abiraterone results in decreased activity of CYP17A1 protein] which results in decreased hydroxylation of Pregnenolone; [abiraterone results in decreased activity of CYP17A1 protein] which results in decreased hydroxylation of Progesterone