Finasteride

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Finasteride | CAS No. 98319-26-7 | Other Reductase Inhibitors

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Description: Type II 5α-reductase inhibitor

Alternative Names: MK 906

Chemical Name: (5α,17β)-N-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-3-oxo-4-azaandrost-1-ene-17-carboxamide

Purity: ≥99%

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Biological Activity

Finasteride is an antiandrogen that inhibits type II 5α reductase (IC₅₀ = 65 nM). Suppresses the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone. Reduces prostatic dihydrotestosterone levels and prostate size in vivo. Orally active.

Technical Data

M.Wt:

372.54

Formula:

C₂₃H₃₆N₂O₂

Solubility:

Soluble to 100 mM in DMSO and to 100 mM in ethanol

Purity:

≥99%

Storage:

Store at RT

CAS No:

98319-26-7

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Background References

Four-amino acid segment in steroid 5α-reductase 1 confers sensitivity to finasteride, a competitive inhibitor.
Thigpen and Russell
J.Biol.Chem., 1992;267:8577
Comparison of the pharmacological effects of a novel selective androgen receptor modulator, the 5α-reductase inhibitor finasteride, and the antiandrogen hydroxyflutamide in intact rats: new approach for benign prostate hyperplasia.
Gao et al.
Endocrinology, 2004;145:5420
Studies on neurosteroids XXV. Influence of a 5α-reductase inhibitor, finasteride, on rat brain neurosteroid levels and metabolism.
Mukai et al.
Biol.Pharm.Bull., 2008;31:1646

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Citations for Finasteride

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Altered gamma oscillations during pregnancy through loss of δ subunit-containing GABA(A) receptors on parvalbumin interneurons.
Authors: Ferando and Mody
Front Neural Circuits 2013;7:144
Central 5-α reduction of testost. is required for testosterone's inhibition of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis response to restraint stress in adult male rats.
Authors: Handa Et al.
Nat Neurosci 2013;1529:74

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