exemestane   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7073

Synonyms: Aromasin® | FCE-24304
Approved drug PDB Ligand
exemestane is an approved drug (FDA (1999))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Exemestane is a steroidal aromatase inhibitor with antiestrogenic activity.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 0
Topological polar surface area 34.14
Molecular weight 296.18
XLogP 3.82
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES O=C1C=CC2(C(=C1)C(=C)CC1C2CCC2(C1CCC2=O)C)C
Isomeric SMILES O=C1C=C[C@]2(C(=C1)C(=C)C[C@@H]1[C@@H]2CC[C@]2([C@H]1CCC2=O)C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C20H24O2/c1-12-10-14-15-4-5-18(22)20(15,3)9-7-16(14)19(2)8-6-13(21)11-17(12)19/h6,8,11,14-16H,1,4-5,7,9-10H2,2-3H3/t14-,15-,16-,19+,20-/m0/s1
InChI Key BFYIZQONLCFLEV-DAELLWKTSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used to treat estrogen receptor +ve breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Use in premenopausal women (with esstrogen-responsive cancer) is effective if ovarian function is concomittantly suppressed, and this combined therapy is more effective than treatment with tamoxifen plus ovarian suppression [2].
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Exemestane lowers estrogen levels by inhibiting the cytochrome P450 enzyme (CYP19A1, aka aromatase) which is key to estrogen biosynthesis from androgens.
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