Oxandrolone

Structural formula
General
Non-proprietary name	Oxandrolone
other names	17 β -hydroxy-17 α -methyl-2-oxa-5 α -androstan-3-one
Molecular formula	C 19 H 30 O 3
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 53-39-4 EC number 200-172-9 ECHA InfoCard 100,000,158 PubChem 5878 ChemSpider 5667 DrugBank DB00621 Wikidata Q420859
Drug information
ATC code	A14 AA08
Drug class	Anabolic steroids
properties
Molar mass	306.44 g · mol -1
Physical state	firmly
Melting point	236-237 ° C
safety instructions
Please note the exemption from the labeling requirement for drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, food and animal feed GHS labeling of hazardous substances danger H and P phrases H: 312-332-330 P: ?
Toxicological data	1832 mg kg −1 ( LD 50 ,  mouse ,  oral )
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Oxandrolone (trade names Oxandrin and Anavar ) is a 17-methyl steroid and an anabolic steroid that was first synthesized in 1962.

It is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an orphan drug for the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis , Turner syndrome, and weight loss due to HIV .

Like all banned anabolic steroids, it must not be used by athletes at any time (not even for medical reasons) (→ doping list ).

Web links

• Oxandrolon - Information from the German Sport University Cologne

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Entry on Oxandrolone in the ChemIDplus database of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) .
2. ↑ There is not yet a harmonized classification for this substance . A labeling of Oxandrolone in the Classification and Labeling Inventory of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which was accessed on April 3, 2020, is reproduced from a self-classification by the distributor .

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