bicalutamide   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2863

Synonyms: Calutide® | Casodex®
Approved drug
bicalutamide is an approved drug (FDA (1995))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Bicalutamide is non-steroidal anti-androgen that binds to the andogen receptor. The INN record for this drug indicates that it is a mixture of stereo-isomers. We show the non-stereo molecule to represent this mixture. (R)-Bicalutamide has PubChem CID 56069.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 6
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 7
Topological polar surface area 115.64
Molecular weight 430.06
XLogP 2.53
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES N#Cc1ccc(cc1C(F)(F)F)NC(=O)C(CS(=O)(=O)c1ccc(cc1)F)(O)C
Isomeric SMILES N#Cc1ccc(cc1C(F)(F)F)NC(=O)C(CS(=O)(=O)c1ccc(cc1)F)(O)C
InChI InChI=1S/C18H14F4N2O4S/c1-17(26,10-29(27,28)14-6-3-12(19)4-7-14)16(25)24-13-5-2-11(9-23)15(8-13)18(20,21)22/h2-8,26H,10H2,1H3,(H,24,25)
InChI Key LKJPYSCBVHEWIU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used along with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogs to treat metastatic prostate cancer.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Bicalutamide acts by antagonising the proliferative actions of the adrenal and testicular androgens on normal and malignant prostatic tissue. Since most prostate cancers are androgen-dependent they are sensitive to this type of 'chemical castration'.
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