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Testosterone acetate

Testosterone acetate, or testosterone ethanoate, also known as androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one 17β-acetate, is an androgen and anabolic steroid and a testosterone ester. The drug was first described in 1936 and was one of the first androgen esters and esters of testosterone to be synthesized.

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Testosterone acetate
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Trade namesAceto-Sterandryl, Aceto-Testoviron, Amolisin, Androtest A, Deposteron, Farmatest, Perandrone A
Other namesTestosterone ethanoate; Testosterone 17β-acetate; Androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one 17β-acetate
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administration
Intramuscular injection
Identifiers
  • [(8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-10,13-dimethyl-3-oxo-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl] acetate
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ECHA InfoCard100.012.615
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC21H30O3
Molar mass330.468 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC(=O)O[C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3[C@H]2CCC4=CC(=O)CC[C@]34C)C
  • InChI=1S/C21H30O3/c1-13(22)24-19-7-6-17-16-5-4-14-12-15(23)8-10-20(14,2)18(16)9-11-21(17,19)3/h12,16-19H,4-11H2,1-3H3/t16-,17-,18-,19-,20-,21-/m0/s1
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Testosterone acetate (brand names Aceto-Sterandryl, Aceto-Testoviron, Amolisin, Androtest A, Deposteron, Farmatest, Perandrone A), or testosterone ethanoate, also known as androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one 17β-acetate, is an androgen and anabolic steroid and a testosterone ester.123 The drug was first described in 1936 and was one of the first androgen esters and esters of testosterone to be synthesized.45

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  4. Miescher K, Wettstein A, Tschopp E (November 1936). "The activation of the male sex hormones. II". The Biochemical Journal. 30 (11): 1977–1990. doi:10.1042/bj0301977. PMC 1263292. PMID 16746250.
  5. Parkes AS (1936). "Increasing the Effectiveness of Testosterone". The Lancet. 228 (5899): 674–676. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)80929-0. ISSN 0140-6736.