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Descriptor English: Cyproterone Acetate
Descriptor Spanish: Acetato de Ciproterona
Descriptor acetato de ciproterona
Scope note: Compuesto con propiedades antiandrogénicas y progestágenas. Presenta unión competitiva con la dihidrotestosterona por los sitios de los receptores de andrógenos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Acetato de Ciproterona
Descriptor French: Acétate de cyprotérone
Entry term(s): Androcur
Cyproterone Acetate, (1 alpha,2 alpha)-Isomer
Cyproterone Acetate, (1 alpha,2 alpha,9 beta,10 alpha)-Isomer
Cyproterone Acetate, (17 alpha)-Isomer
Tree number(s): D04.210.500.745.432.219.150
D04.210.500.883.419.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017373
Scope note: An agent with anti-androgen and progestational properties. It shows competitive binding with dihydrotestosterone at androgen receptor sites.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Androgen Antagonists
Antineoplastic Agents
Contraceptive Agents, Male
Registry Number: 4KM2BN5JHF
CAS Type 1 Name: 3'H-Cyclopropa(1,2)pregna-1,4,6-triene-3,20-dione, 17-(acetyloxy)-6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-, (1beta,2beta)-
Previous Indexing: Cyproterone/analogs & derivatives (1980-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93; CYPROTERONE ACETATE was indexed under CYPROTERONE/analogs & derivatives 1980-92
Online Note: use CYPROTERONE ACETATE (NM) to search CYPROTERONE ACETATE 1980-92
History Note: 93; was CYPROTERONE ACETATE (NM) 1980-92
DeCS ID: 30764
Unique ID: D017373
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/13
Revision Date: 2016/05/28
Cyproterone Acetate - Preferred
Concept UI M0026384
Scope note An agent with anti-androgen and progestational properties. It shows competitive binding with dihydrotestosterone at androgen receptor sites.
Preferred term Cyproterone Acetate
Cyproterone Acetate, (17 alpha)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0331369
Preferred term Cyproterone Acetate, (17 alpha)-Isomer
Cyproterone Acetate, (1 alpha,2 alpha,9 beta,10 alpha)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0331210
Preferred term Cyproterone Acetate, (1 alpha,2 alpha,9 beta,10 alpha)-Isomer
Androcur - Narrower
Concept UI M0026385
Preferred term Androcur
Cyproterone Acetate, (1 alpha,2 alpha)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0331368
Preferred term Cyproterone Acetate, (1 alpha,2 alpha)-Isomer



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