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Megestrol acetate

VETRANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

17α-Acetoxy-6-methyl-4,6-pregnadiene-3,20-dione, 17α-Hydroxy-6-methyl-4,6-pregnadiene-3,20-dione 17-acetate, 17α-Hydroxy-6-methyl-6-dehydroprogesterone 17-acetate, Megestrol 17-acetate

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C24H32O4
CAS Number:
595-33-5
Molecular Weight:
384.51
EC Number:
209-864-5
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329757172
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1917291
MDL number:
MFCD00056470
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grade

analytical standard

product line

VETRANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

SMILES string

[H][C@]12CC[C@@]3(C)[C@@]([H])(CC[C@]3(OC(C)=O)C(C)=O)[C@]1([H])C=C(C)C4=CC(=O)CC[C@]24C

InChI

1S/C24H32O4/c1-14-12-18-19(22(4)9-6-17(27)13-21(14)22)7-10-23(5)20(18)8-11-24(23,15(2)25)28-16(3)26/h12-13,18-20H,6-11H2,1-5H3/t18-,19+,20+,22-,23+,24+/m1/s1

InChI key

RQZAXGRLVPAYTJ-GQFGMJRRSA-N

Gene Information

human ... PGR(5241)

Application

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Legal Information

VETRANAL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H360FD

Hazard Classifications

Repr. 1B

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

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BCBZ0895

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Yo Han Kim et al.
Clinical therapeutics, 37(2), 439-447 (2014-12-03)
Megestrol acetate oral suspension is an appetite stimulant indicated for cachexia. It is available in a conventional formulation and as a nanocrystal dispersion. The aim of this study was to compare the tolerability and pharmacokinetics of these formulations under fed
Navdha Mittal et al.
PloS one, 9(10), e110410-e110410 (2014-10-24)
Resistance to progestin treatment is a major hurdle in the treatment of advanced and reoccurring endometrial cancer. Fenretinide is a synthetic retinoid that has been evaluated in clinical trials as a cancer therapeutic and chemo-preventive agent. Fenretinide has been established
Francisco J Prado-Prado et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 18(6), 2225-2231 (2010-02-27)
There are many of pathogen parasite species with different susceptibility profile to antiparasitic drugs. Unfortunately, almost QSAR models predict the biological activity of drugs against only one parasite species. Consequently, predicting the probability with which a drug is active against
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