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administration Oral PubChem CID 10599 Molar mass 286.365 g/mol | CAS Number 517-18-0 Formula C18H22O3 Route Oral administration | |
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Trade names Cur-men, Ercostrol, Geklimon, Novestrine, Vallestril (also spelled Vallestrol or Vallestryl) ATC code G03CB03 (WHO)
G03CC03 (WHO) Synonyms Methallenoestril; Methallenestrol; Methallenoestrol; Horeau's acid; Allenestrol 6-methyl ether; α,α-Dimethyl-β-ethylallenolic acid 6-methyl ether; β-Ethyl-6-methoxy-α,α-dimethyl-2-naphthalenepropionic acid | ||
How to pronounce methallenestril
Methallenestril (INN) (brand names Cur-men, Ercostrol, Geklimon, Novestrine, Vallestril), also known as methallenoestril (BAN) and as methallenestrol, as well as Horeau's acid, is a synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen and a derivative of allenolic acid and allenestrol (specifically, a methyl ether of it) that was formerly used to treat menstrual issues but is now no longer marketed. It is a seco-analogue of bisdehydrodoisynolic acid, and although methallenestril is potently estrogenic in rats, in humans it is only weakly so in comparison. Vallestril was a brand of methallenestril issued by G. D. Searle & Company in the 1950s.
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