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Preferred Name

Therapeutic Testosterone

Synonyms

TESTOSTERONE

Therapeutic Testosterone

Testosterone

Delta4-Androsten-17beta-ol-3-one

Testostroval

Trans-Testosterone

Virosterone

Testostroval-PA

(17Beta)-17-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one

Mertestate

Testoderm

Testolin

Testro AQ

Definitions

A synthetic form of the endogenous androgenic steroid testosterone. In vivo, testosterone is irreversibly converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in target tissues by the enzyme 5-alpha reductase. Testosterone or DHT ligand-androgen receptor complexes act as transcription factor complexes, stimulating the expression of various responsive genes. DHT binds with higher affinity to androgen receptors than testosterone, activating gene expression more efficiently. In addition, testosterone is irreversibly converted to estradiol by the enzyme complex aromatase, particularly in the liver and adipose tissue. Testosterone and DHT promote the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics related to the internal and external genitalia, skeletal muscle, and hair follicles; estradiol promotes epiphyseal maturation and bone mineralization. Due to rapid metabolism by the liver, therapeutic testosterone is generally administered as an ester derivative.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C862

Accepted_Therapeutic_Use_For

Delayed puberty, male; Hypogonadism; Metastatic mammary cancer

CAS_Registry

58-22-0

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:17347

Chemical_Formula

C19H28O2

code

C862

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C176424

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116978

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

CTRP

FDA

DEFINITION

A synthetic form of the endogenous androgenic steroid testosterone. In vivo, testosterone is irreversibly converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in target tissues by the enzyme 5-alpha reductase. Testosterone or DHT ligand-androgen receptor complexes act as transcription factor complexes, stimulating the expression of various responsive genes. DHT binds with higher affinity to androgen receptors than testosterone, activating gene expression more efficiently. In addition, testosterone is irreversibly converted to estradiol by the enzyme complex aromatase, particularly in the liver and adipose tissue. Testosterone and DHT promote the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics related to the internal and external genitalia, skeletal muscle, and hair follicles; estradiol promotes epiphyseal maturation and bone mineralization. Due to rapid metabolism by the liver, therapeutic testosterone is generally administered as an ester derivative.

Display_Name

Therapeutic Testosterone

FDA_UNII_Code

3XMK78S47O

FULL_SYN

TESTOSTERONE

Therapeutic Testosterone

Testosterone

Delta4-Androsten-17beta-ol-3-one

Testostroval

Trans-Testosterone

Virosterone

Testostroval-PA

(17Beta)-17-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one

Mertestate

Testoderm

Testolin

Testro AQ

Has_Target

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17063

Is_Related_To_Endogenous_Product

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C2299

label

Therapeutic Testosterone

Legacy Concept Name

Therapeutic_Testosterone

NCI_Drug_Dictionary_ID

42926

NCI_META_CUI

CL1379971

NSC Number

9700

PDQ_Closed_Trial_Search_ID

42926

PDQ_Open_Trial_Search_ID

42926

Preferred_Name

Therapeutic Testosterone

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C862

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Pharmacologic Substance

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C243

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C2360

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