deflazacort   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 9477

Synonyms: Emflaza® | MDL 458
Approved drug Immunopharmacology Ligand
deflazacort is an approved drug (UK (1994), FDA (2017))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Deflazacort is a prednisolone derivative glucocorticoid that is used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant. It is a prodrug that is metabolised to the active form, 21-desacetyl deflazacort (PubChem CID 97547130) [3].
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 7
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 4
Topological polar surface area 102.26
Molecular weight 441.22
XLogP 1.92
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CC(=O)OCC(=O)C12N=C(OC1CC1C2(C)CC(O)C2C1CCC1=CC(=O)C=CC21C)C
Isomeric SMILES CC(=O)OCC(=O)[C@@]12N=C(O[C@@H]1C[C@@H]1[C@]2(C)C[C@H](O)[C@H]2[C@H]1CCC1=CC(=O)C=C[C@]21C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C25H31NO6/c1-13-26-25(20(30)12-31-14(2)27)21(32-13)10-18-17-6-5-15-9-16(28)7-8-23(15,3)22(17)19(29)11-24(18,25)4/h7-9,17-19,21-22,29H,5-6,10-12H2,1-4H3/t17-,18-,19-,21+,22+,23-,24-,25+/m0/s1
InChI Key FBHSPRKOSMHSIF-GRMWVWQJSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Deflazacort can be prescribed for many inflammatory conditions including asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, juvenile chronic arthritis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, polymyalgia rheumatica, systemic lupus erythematosus and ulcerative colitis. More recently approved by the FDA as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy [1].