mestranol   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7087

Synonyms: EE3-ME
Approved drug
mestranol is an approved drug (FDA (1962))
Comment: Mestranol is the inactive prodrug of ethinylestradiol. Marketing authorisation is for a combined norethisterone/mestranol formulation.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 1
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 1
Topological polar surface area 29.46
Molecular weight 310.19
XLogP 4.57
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES C#CC1(O)CCC2C1(C)CCC1C2CCc2c1ccc(c2)OC
Isomeric SMILES C#C[C@]1(O)CC[C@@H]2[C@]1(C)CC[C@H]1[C@H]2CCc2c1ccc(c2)OC
InChI InChI=1S/C21H26O2/c1-4-21(22)12-10-19-18-7-5-14-13-15(23-3)6-8-16(14)17(18)9-11-20(19,21)2/h1,6,8,13,17-19,22H,5,7,9-12H2,2-3H3/t17-,18-,19+,20+,21+/m1/s1
InChI Key IMSSROKUHAOUJS-MJCUULBUSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Mestranol was used as the estrogenic component of early oral contraceptive formulations.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Mestranol mimics the agonist action of the endogenous hormone at the estrogen receptor.
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