Medroxyprogesterone caproate

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Medroxyprogesterone caproate
Medroxyprogesterone caproate.svg
Clinical data
Other namesMPC; Medroxyprogesterone capronate; Medroxyprogesterone hexanoate; 6α-Methyl-17α-hydroxyprogesterone hexanoate; 6α-Methyl-17α-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione hexanoate
Routes of
administration
Intramuscular injection
Drug class Progestogen; Progestin; Progestogen ester
Identifiers
  • [(6S,8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17R)-17-Acetyl-6,10,13-trimethyl-3-oxo-2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl] hexanoate
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
Formula C28H42O4
Molar mass 442.640 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CCCCCC(=O)O[C@@]1(CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3[C@H]2C[C@@H](C4=CC(=O)CC[C@]34C)C)C)C(=O)C
  • InChI=1S/C28H42O4/c1-6-7-8-9-25(31)32-28(19(3)29)15-12-23-21-16-18(2)24-17-20(30)10-13-26(24,4)22(21)11-14-27(23,28)5/h17-18,21-23H,6-16H2,1-5H3/t18-,21+,22-,23-,26+,27-,28-/m0/s1
  • Key:RDNJGIAWTAMGGM-UPIZIACDSA-N

Medroxyprogesterone caproate (MPC) is a progestin and a progestogen ester which was synthesized in 1958 but was never marketed. [1] [2] It has been confused with hydroxyprogesterone caproate (OHPC) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) in a number of publications. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] In addition to MPA and OHPC, analogues of MPC include chlormadinone caproate, gestonorone caproate, megestrol caproate, and methenmadinone caproate.

See also

References

  1. Babcock JC, Gutsell ES, Herr ME, Hogg JA, Stucki JC, Barnes LE, Dulin WE (1958). "6α-Methyl-17α-hydroxyprogesterone 17-acylates; a new class of potent progestins". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80 (11): 2904–2905. Bibcode:1958JAChS..80.2904B. doi:10.1021/ja01544a079. ISSN   0002-7863.
  2. Barton DH, Taylor WC (1958). "510. Photochemical transformations. Part IV. The photochemistry of prednisone acetate". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 2500–2510. doi:10.1039/jr9580002500. ISSN   0368-1769.
  3. Pasqualini JR, Paris J, Sitruk-Ware R, Chetrite G, Botella J (April 1998). "Progestins and breast cancer". The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 65 (1–6): 225–235. doi:10.1016/S0960-0760(98)00028-4. PMID   9699877. S2CID   28416130.
  4. Pasqualini JR, Ebert C (June 1999). "Biological effects of progestins in breast cancer". Gynecological Endocrinology. 13 (Suppl 4): 11–19. doi:10.1080/gye.13.s4.11.19. PMID   12227897.
  5. Pasqualini JR, Chetrite GS (December 2010). "Biological responses of progestogen metabolites in normal and cancerous human breast". Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 3 (3): 427–435. doi: 10.1515/HMBCI.2010.066 . PMID   25961215. S2CID   41680565.
  6. Lantta M, Kahanpää K, Kärkkäinen J, Lehtovirta P, Wahlström T, Widholm O (June 1984). "Estradiol and progesterone receptors in two cases of endometrial stromal sarcoma". Gynecologic Oncology. 18 (2): 233–239. doi:10.1016/0090-8258(84)90031-3. PMID   6735266.
  7. Gusberg SB, Shingleton HM, Deppe G (1988). Female genital cancer. Churchill Livingstone. p. 374. ISBN   978-0-443-08525-3.
  8. Proceedings. American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute of the U.S. Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency. 1970. p. 376.
  9. Nichols DH, Evrard JR (1985). Ambulatory Gynecology. Harper & Row. p. 518. ISBN   978-0-06-141815-0.
  10. Goodman LS, Gilman A (1996). Goodman & Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division. pp. 1427, 1823, 1858. ISBN   978-0-07-026266-9.
  11. Endokrinologie. Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag. 1969. p. 431.
  12. McKinnon AO, Tarrida Del Marmol Figueroa S, Nobelius AM, Hyland JH, Vasey JR (1993). "Failure of medroxyprogesterone caproate to maintain pregnancy in ovariectomised mares". Equine Vet J. 25 (2): 158–160. doi:10.1111/j.2042-3306.1993.tb02928.x. PMID   8467776.