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The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology is downloaded weekly from EMBL-EBI at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/. The data is made available under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). For more information see: Degtyarenko et al. (2008) ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, D344–D350.

Term:megestrol acetate
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Definition:A steroid ester resulting from the formal condensation of the hydroxy group of megestrol with the carboxy group of acetic acid. It is an appetite stimulant used for the treatment of anorexia and cachexia. Also used for birth control and for the treatment of breast cancer.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: 6-methyl-3,20-dioxopregna-4,6-dien-17-yl acetate
 related_synonym: 17-Acetoxy-6-methylpregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione;   17-Hydroxy-6-methylpregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione 17-acetate;   17alpha-Acetoxy-6-dehydro-6-methylprogesterone;   17alpha-Hydroxy-6-methylpregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione acetate;   6-Methyl-17alpha-acetoxypregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione;   6-Methyl-17alpha-hydroxy-delta(sup 6)-progesterone acetate;   6-Methyl-6-dehydro-17alpha-acetoxyprogesterone;   6-Methyl-delta(sup 4,6)-pregnadien-17alpha-ol-3,20-dione acetate;   6-Methyl-delta(sup 6)-dehydro-17alpha-acetoxyprogesterone;   BDH 1298;   BDH1298;   Formula=C24H32O4;   InChI=1S/C24H32O4/c1-14-12-18-19(22(4)9-6-17(27)13-21(14)22)7-10-23(5)20(18)8-11-24(23,15(2)25)28-16(3)26/h12-13,18-20H,6-11H2,1-5H3/t18-,19+,20+,22-,23+,24+/m1/s1;   InChIKey=RQZAXGRLVPAYTJ-GQFGMJRRSA-N;   Maygace;   Megace;   Megeron;   Megestat;   Megestil;   Megestin;   Niagestin;   Ovaban;   Ovarid;   Pallace;   SC-10363;   SC10363;   SMILES=[H][C@@]12CC[C@](OC(C)=O)(C(C)=O)[C@@]1(C)CC[C@@]1([H])[C@@]2([H])C=C(C)C2=CC(=O)CC[C@]12C;   Volidan;   magestin
 xref: Beilstein:1917291;   CAS:595-33-5;   DrugBank:DB00351;   KEGG:C08151;   KEGG:D00952;   LIPID_MAPS_instance:LMST02030118
 xref_mesh: MESH:D019290
 xref: PMCID:PMC7207385;   PMID:11986264;   PMID:27038209;   PMID:27218795;   PMID:27639080;   PMID:28986550;   PMID:29050522;   PMID:29095656;   PMID:29400904;   PMID:29442239;   PMID:29542279;   PMID:29581752;   PMID:30112227;   PMID:30157059;   PMID:31036192;   PMID:31359357;   PMID:31451262;   PMID:31462353;   PMID:31497435;   PMID:31961463;   PMID:32084501;   PMID:32122805;   PMID:32652300;   PMID:5320316;   Patent:GB870286;   Patent:US2891079;   Patent:US3356573;   Patent:US3400137;   Wikipedia:Megestrol_acetate



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                                    ketone 48
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