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17α-allyltestosterone
Allyltestosterone, or 17α-allyltestosterone, also known as 17α-allylandrost-4-en-17β-ol-3-one, is a steroid derived from testosterone that was first chemical synthesis, synthesized in 1936 and was never marketed. Along with propyltestosterone (topterone), it has been patented as a topical antiandrogen and hair growth inhibitor. Allyltestosterone is the parent structure of two marketed 19-nortestosterone progestins, allylestrenol and altrenogest. These progestins are unique among testosterone derivatives in that they appear to be associated with few or no androgenic effects. See also * Steroidal antiandrogen * List of steroidal antiandrogens * Allylnortestosterone * Ethinyltestosterone * Vinyltestosterone References Abandoned drugs Tertiary alcohols Allyl compounds Androstanes Enones Steroidal antiandrogens {{Steroid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allylestrenol
Allylestrenol, sold under the brand names Gestanin and Turinal among others, is a progestin medication which is used to treat habitual abortion, recurrent and miscarriage, threatened miscarriage and to prevent premature labor in pregnancy, pregnant women. However, except in the case of proven progesterone deficiency, its use for such purposes is no longer recommended. It is also used in Japan to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men. The medication is used alone and is not formulated in combination with an estrogen (medication), estrogen. It is taken oral administration, by mouth. Side effects of allylestrenol are few and have not been well-defined, but are assumed to be similar to those of related medications. Allylestrenol is a progestin, or a synthetic compound, synthetic progestogen (medication), progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the progesterone receptor, the biological target of progestogens like progesterone. It has no other important hormonal agent, hormon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
