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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Estranes > Estrenes > Metribolone

Preferred term

Metribolone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 17 beta-Hydroxy-17 alpha-methylestra-4,9,11-trien-3-one
  • Methyltrienolone

Scope note

  • A synthetic non-aromatizable androgen and anabolic steroid. It binds strongly to the androgen receptor and has therefore also been used as an affinity label for this receptor in the prostate and in prostatic tumors.

History note

  • 90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015741

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