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danazol

A synthetic androgen derived from ethinyl testosterone. Danazol indirectly reduces estrogen production by decreasing pituitary secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, and binds to sex hormone receptors in target tissues, thereby exhibiting antiestrogenic, anabolic and weakly androgenic effects.
US brand name:Danocrine
Winobanin
Foreign brand name:Bonzol
Chronogyn
Cyclomen
Danol
Danoval
Ladogal
Abbreviation:DAN
Code name:Win-17757
Chemical structure:(17alpha)-pregna-2,4-dien-20-yno[2,3-d]-isoxazol-17-ol
1-ethynyl-2,3,3a,3b,4,5,10,10a,10b,11,12,12a-dodecahydro-10a,12a-dimethyl-1H-cyclopental[7,8]phenanthro[3,2-d]isoxazol-1-ol
17alpha-ethynyl-17beta-hydroxy-4-androsteno[2,3-d]isoxazole
NSC code:270916
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