Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single exposure, category 3
German water hazard class
2
European Hazard Symbols
Irritant (Xi)
GHS Precautionary statements
P261-P305+P351+P338
Physical Property
Melting Point
149-151 °C(lit.)
Optical Rotation
[α]25/D +13.0°, c = 1 in ethanol
Molecule Details
Biochem/physiol Actions Negative modulator of GABAA receptors. Steroid secreted by the adrenal gland with both estrogenic and androgenic properties. Its conversion to 5-androstenediol, a potent estrogen, enhances the growth and survival of estrogen-sensitive breast tumors. At high but physiologically valid concentrations, DHEA inhibits proliferation of chromaffin progenitor cells and induces dopaminergic differentiation.1