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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Pregnanes > Pregnadienes > Cyproterone > Cyproterone Acetate
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Preferred term

Cyproterone Acetate  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Androcur
  • Cyproterone Acetate, (17 alpha)-Isomer
  • Cyproterone Acetate, (1 alpha,2 alpha,9 beta,10 alpha)-Isomer
  • Cyproterone Acetate, (1 alpha,2 alpha)-Isomer

Scope note

  • An agent with anti-androgen and progestational properties. It shows competitive binding with dihydrotestosterone at androgen receptor sites.

History note

  • 93; was CYPROTERONE ACETATE (NM) 1980-92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017373

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