The molecule is a steroid sulfide in which the sulfanyl group is at C-21 of a polyoxygenated derivative of pregn-4-ene. It has a role as a glucocorticoid receptor agonist. It is an 11beta-hydroxy steroid, a 17alpha-hydroxy steroid, a 20-oxo steroid, a steroid sulfide, a 3-oxo-Delta(4) steroid and a tertiary alpha-hydroxy ketone. It derives from a hydride of a pregnane.
(8S,9S,10R,11S,13S,14S,17R)-11,17-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-(2-sulfanylacetyl)-2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one