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Prednisolone anhydrous
- CAS number
- 50-24-8
- Molecular formula
- C21H28O5
- Molecular weight
- 360.4 g/mol

About this molecule
Prednisolone is a glucocorticoid that is prednisone in which the oxo group at position 11 has been reduced to the corresponding beta-hydroxy group. It is a drug metabolite of prednisone. It has a role as an anti-inflammatory drug, an antineoplastic agent, a xenobiotic, an immunosuppressive agent, an adrenergic agent, a drug metabolite and an environmental contaminant. It is a primary alpha-hydroxy ketone, a tertiary alpha-hydroxy ketone, a glucocorticoid, a 17alpha-hydroxy steroid, a 21-hydroxy steroid, an 11beta-hydroxy steroid, a 20-oxo steroid, a C21-steroid and a 3-oxo-Delta(1),Delta(4)-steroid. It is functionally related to a Delta(1)-progesterone.
Source: ChEBI, via PubChem.
Identifiers
- IUPAC name
- (8S,9S,10R,11S,13S,14S,17R)-11,17-dihydroxy-17-(2-hydroxyacetyl)-10,13-dimethyl-7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-6H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one
- InChIKey
- OIGNJSKKLXVSLS-VWUMJDOOSA-N
- SMILES
- C[C@]12C[C@@H]([C@H]3[C@H]([C@@H]1CC[C@@]2(C(=O)CO)O)CCC4=CC(=O)C=C[C@]34C)O
- Other CAS numbers recorded
- 8056-11-9
- PubChem CID
- 5755
Also known as
prednisolone · Metacortandralone · Deltacortril · Hydroretrocortine · Delta-Cortef · Sterane · Codelcortone · Cortalone
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