<unk>  (brand names Astenile, Mylis, Teloin, others), also known as dehydroepiandrosterone<unk>  (DHEA-S), is a naturally occurring androstane steroid which is marketed and used in Japan and other countries as a labor inducer in the treatment of insufficient cervical ripening and dilation during childbirth. It is the C3β<unk>  ester of<unk>  (dehydroepiandrosterone; DHEA), and is known to act as a prohormone of DHEA and by extension of androgens and estrogens, although it also has its own activity as a neurosteroid.<unk>  is used medically as the sodium salt via injection and is referred to by the name sodium<unk>  ().<unk>  is available in Japan, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, and China. Brand names include Astenile, Dastonil, Di Luo An, Dinistenile, Levospa, Mylis, Sinsurrene, and Teloin.
Prasterone sulfate
Prasterone enanthate
Methestrol dipropionate
Ioxaglic acid
Bolandiol dipropionate
Estrone sulfate 
Segesterone acetate
Etynodiol diacetate