Prasterone is an endogenous steroid hormone. Prasterone acts as an agonist at ERbeta, NMDA, and sigma1 receptors, a partial agonist at ERalpha and AR, and antagonist at GABA-A receptors. It displays a variety of biologocial activities, including enhancing working memory and cognition, inhibiting proliferation and migration of cervical cancer cells, increasing expression of various glutamate transporters to suppress seizures, and minimizing lipid peroxidation, gastric acid secretion and ulcer formation.
Alternative Names
5-Androsten-3beta-ol-17-one sulfate sodium salt dihydrate