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Mestranol Systematic (IUPAC) name 3-Methoxy-19-nor-17α-pregna-1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yn-17-ol Clinical data AHFS/Drugs.com International Drug Names MedlinePlus a601050 Pregnancy cat. ? Legal status ? Identifiers CAS number 72-33-3 ATC code None PubChem CID 6291 DrugBank DB01357 ChemSpider 6054 UNII B2V233XGE7 KEGG D00575 ChEBI CHEBI:6784 ChEMBL CHEMBL1201151 Synonyms (8S,9S,13S,14S,17S)-17-ethynyl-3-methoxy-13-methyl-7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-6H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-ol Chemical data Formula C21H26O2 Mol. mass 310.43 g/mol SMILES eMolecules & PubChem (what is this?) (verify) Mestranol is the 3-methyl ether of ethinylestradiol. It was the estrogen used in many of the first oral contraceptives.
It is a biologically inactive prodrug of ethinylestradiol to which it is demethylated in the liver with a conversion efficiency of 70% (50 µg of mestranol is pharmacokinetically bioequivalent to 35 µg of ethinylestradiol).[1]
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(progesterone)AgonistAndrostene (Drospirenone) • 19-norprogesterone (Nomegestrol • Promegestone • Trimegestone) • 19-nortestosterone (Dienogest)Other/
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