enzyme inhibitor metyrapone 1-Propanone, 2-methyl-1,2-di-3-pyridinyl- 2024-05-24T14:12:37Z CAS:54-36-4 CID:4174 MET This is any condition in which the main influencing factor is metyrapone, an aromatic ketone that is 3,3-dimethylbutan-2-one in which the methyl groups at positions 1 and 4 are replaced by pyridin-3-yl groups. It is a steroid 11beta-monooxygenase (Cyp11b1) inhibitor used in a test of the feedback hypothalamic-pituitary mechanism for the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency. XCO:0001380 experimental_condition_ontology methbipyranone methopyrapone metopirone slaulederkind