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Dehydroisoandrosterone 3-acetate

97%

Synonym(s):

3-β-Acetoxy-5-androsten-17-one, Prasterone acetate

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C21H30O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
330.46
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352108
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

97%

form

solid

optical activity

[α]20/D +2.4°, c = 2 in ethanol

drug control

regulated under CDSA - not available from Sigma-Aldrich Canada

mp

168-170 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester
ketone

SMILES string

CC(=O)O[C@H]1CC[C@]2(C)[C@H]3CC[C@@]4(C)[C@@H](CCC4=O)[C@@H]3CC=C2C1

InChI

1S/C21H30O3/c1-13(22)24-15-8-10-20(2)14(12-15)4-5-16-17-6-7-19(23)21(17,3)11-9-18(16)20/h4,15-18H,5-12H2,1-3H3/t15-,16-,17-,18-,20-,21-/m0/s1

InChI key

NCMZQTLCXHGLOK-ZKHIMWLXSA-N

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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M A Graf et al.
Fertility and sterility, 59(4), 761-767 (1993-04-01)
To elucidate changes in gonadotropin secretion pattern in patients with hyperandrogenemic chronic anovulation of various origins. Hyperandrogenemic patients (n = 32), divided into subgroups according to certain clinical and biochemical criteria, and a control group (n = 9) of regularly
A R Tagliaferro et al.
The Journal of nutrition, 116(10), 1977-1983 (1986-10-01)
Twenty adult Sprague-Dawley outbred rats (10 male and 10 female) were fed a nonpurified diet without or containing dehydroepiandrosterone acetate (DHEA 6 g/kg diet) for 11 w. DHEA-treated animals weighed less than the controls after 6 wk and until the
Vânia M A Moreira et al.
Steroids, 72(14), 939-948 (2007-09-22)
A series of novel 1H- and 2H-indazole derivatives of the commercially available dehydroepiandrosterone acetate have been synthesized and tested for inhibition of human cytochrome 17alpha-hydroxylase-C(17,20)-lyase (CYP17), androgen receptor (AR) binding affinity, and cytotoxic potential against three prostate cancer (PC) cell
H Shinohara
Experientia, 37(12), 1353-1354 (1981-12-15)
Fragmentation of oocytes was induced in the ovary, via ovulation suppression, by administration of dehydroepiandrosterone acetate (DHA-Ac) to mature cycling rats. The maximal fragmentation ratio, 15.0 +/- 3.2%, was obtained by 10 mg/100 g b.wt/day for 7-day administration of DHA-Ac.
D C Cumming
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 57(2), 161-166 (1990-03-01)
The effects of estrogenic steroid hormones in women are apparent, but the circulating androgen levels are much higher. Compared with serum estrone and estradiol levels, circulating testosterone levels are five to 10 times higher, androstenedione levels 30 times higher, dehydroepiandrosterone

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