Atamestane
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Atamestane
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CAS No:
96301-34-7
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Formula:
C20H26O2
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Chemical Name:
Atamestane
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Synonyms:
Androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione,1-methyl-;1-Methylandrosta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione;SH 489;Metandroden;Atamestane
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Description
Atamestane has been used in trials studying the treatment of Breast Cancer, Breast Neoplasms, and Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent.|Atamestane is a synthetic steroidal substance with antineoplastic activity. Atamestane binds irreversibly to and inhibits the enzyme aromatase, thereby blocking the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone and the peripheral aromatization of androgenic precursors into estrogens. (NCI04)
Drug Information
Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction. (See all compounds classified as Enzyme Inhibitors.)
1-methyl-1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione
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