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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Gonadal Steroid Hormones > Testosterone Congeners > Nandrolone > Nandrolone Decanoate
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Estranes > Estrenes > Nandrolone > Nandrolone Decanoate

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Nandrolone Decanoate  

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Entry terms

  • 17 beta Hydroxyestr 4 en 3 one 17 decanoate
  • 17 beta-Hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one 17-decanoate

Scope note

  • Decanoic acid ester of nandrolone that is used as an anabolic agent to prevent or treat WASTING SYNDROME associated with severe chronic illness or HIV infection (HIV WASTING SYNDROME). It may also be used in the treatment of POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS.

History note

  • 2019 (1971)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077603

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