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Finasteride
Inhibitor of steroid 5-a-reductase | CAS: 98319-26-7 | C23H36N2O2 | 372.553 g/mol
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Catalog number ALFJ63454.ME
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Quantity:
500 mg
Specifications
Chemical Name or MaterialFinasteride
CAS98319-26-7
Health Hazard 1H302-H360D
Health Hazard 2GHS H Statement
H302
Harmful if swallowed.
H302
Harmful if swallowed.
Health Hazard 3P201-P202-P264b-P270-P281-P301+P312-P308+P313-P330-P501c
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Finasteride is used as a inhibitor of steroid 5-a-reductase, antiandrogen, an intracellular enzyme that converts the androgen testosterone into 5α dihydrotestosterone.
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Applications
Finasteride is used as a inhibitor of steroid 5-a-reductase, antiandrogen, an intracellular enzyme that converts the androgen testosterone into 5α dihydrotestosterone.
Solubility
Soluble in water, DMSO, ethanol, methanol, and chloroform.
Notes
Protect from heat. Store away from oxidizing agents.
Finasteride is used as a inhibitor of steroid 5-a-reductase, antiandrogen, an intracellular enzyme that converts the androgen testosterone into 5α dihydrotestosterone.
Solubility
Soluble in water, DMSO, ethanol, methanol, and chloroform.
Notes
Protect from heat. Store away from oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Peter Boyle.; Lawrence Gould, A.; Claus G. Roehrborn. Prostate volume predicts outcome of treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia with finasteride: Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials *.Urology.1996, (3), 398-405.
- Matuszewski, B.K.; Constanzer, M.L.; Chavez-Eng, C.M. Matrix Effect in Quantitative LC/MS/MS Analyses of Biological Fluids: A Method for Determination of Finasteride in Human Plasma at Picogram Per Milliliter Concentrations.Anal. Chem.1998, (5), 882-889.