Megestrol

Megestrol (INN, BAN) is a progestin of the 17α-hydroxyprogesterone group which was never marketed and is not currently used clinically.[1][2] Its acylated derivative megestrol acetate is also a progestogen, which, in contrast to megestrol itself, has been extensively used as a pharmaceutical drug.[1][2]

This article is about a non-clinically used progestin compound. For the pharmaceutical drug, see megestrol acetate.
Megestrol
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ECHA InfoCard100.020.571
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC22H30O3
Molar mass342.472 g/mol g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
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Synthesis
Megestrol synthesis:[3] U.S. Patent 2,891,079

See also

References
  1. F.. Macdonald (1997). Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents. CRC Press. p. 1267. ISBN 978-0-412-46630-4. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  2. Index Nominum 2000: International Drug Directory. Taylor & Francis US. 2000. p. 641. ISBN 978-3-88763-075-1. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  3. Ringold, H. J.; Ruelas, J. P.; Batres, E.; Djerassi, C. (1959). "Steroids. CXVIII.16-Methyl Derivatives of 17α-Hydroxyprogesterone and of Reichstein's Substance "S"". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 81 (14): 3712. doi:10.1021/ja01523a055.



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