Sturamustine

Sturamustine

Sturamustine

Chemical compound

Sturamustine, also known as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) 17β-N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea, is a synthetic androstane steroid and a C17β nitrosourea conjugate of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) which was developed as a cytostatic antineoplastic agent (i.e., a chemotherapy drug) for the treatment of hormone-dependent tumors but was never marketed.[1][2] It was synthesized in 1982.[1][2]

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  1. [1]
    J. Elks (14 November 2014). The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies. Springer. p. 1122. ISBN 978-1-4757-2085-3.
  2. [2]
    Chavis C, de Gourcy C, Borgna JL, Imbach JL (1982). "New steroidal nitrosoureas". Steroids. 39 (2): 129–47. doi:10.1016/0039-128x(82)90081-2. PMID 7071885. S2CID 21042994.
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