Oxabolone is a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) of the nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) group which was never marketed.[1][2][3] It can be formulated as the cipionate ester prodrug oxabolone cipionate, which, in contrast, has been marketed for medical use.[1][2][3]

Oxabolone
Clinical data
Other names4-Hydroxy-19-nortestosterone; 4,17β-Dihydroxyestr-4-en-3-one; 19-Norandrost-4-ene-4,17β-diol-3-one
Routes of
administration
Intramuscular injection (as oxabolone cipionate)
Drug classAndrogen; Anabolic steroid
Identifiers
  • (8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-4,17-dihydroxy-13-methyl-2,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one
CAS Number
ChemSpider
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.022.920 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC18H26O3
Molar mass290.403 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C4CC[C@H]3C(/CC[C@@H]1[C@@H]3CC[C@]2(C)[C@@H](O)CC[C@@H]12)=C4/O
  • InChI=1S/C18H26O3/c1-18-9-8-11-10-4-6-15(19)17(21)13(10)3-2-12(11)14(18)5-7-16(18)20/h10-12,14,16,20-21H,2-9H2,1H3/t10-,11-,12-,14+,16+,18+/m1/s1
  • Key:GXHBCWCMYVTJOW-YGRHGMIBSA-N

Oxabolone is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of prohibited substances,[4] and is therefore banned from use in most major sports.

The 17α-methylated analogue of oxabolone is methylhydroxynandrolone (4-hydroxy-17α-methyl-19-nortestosterone) and the 17α- and 19-methylated derivative of oxabolone is oxymesterone (4-hydroxy-17α-methyltestosterone).[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Elks J (14 November 2014). The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies. Springer. pp. 908–. ISBN 978-1-4757-2085-3.
  2. ^ a b c Index Nominum 2000: International Drug Directory. Taylor & Francis. 2000. pp. 765–. ISBN 978-3-88763-075-1.
  3. ^ a b c Morton IK, Hall JM (6 December 2012). Concise Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents: Properties and Synonyms. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-94-011-4439-1.
  4. ^ "The World Anti-Doping Code: The 2012 Prohibited List" (PDF). World Anti-Doping Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2012-07-17.