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Patent
CA 2045866
18147 TITLE OF THE INVENTION 17.beta.-ACYL-3-CARBOXY-ANDROSTA-3,5-DIENES AS TESTOSTERONE 5.alpha.-REDUCTASE INHIBITORS ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION 17.beta.-ACYL-3-CARBOXY-ANDROSTA-3,5-DIENES AS TESTOSTERONE 5.alpha.-REDUCTASE INHIBITORS OF THE FORMULA: Image 8373/SCM111 18147 wherein R is C1-C6 linear or branched alkyl; C3-C8 cycloalkyl, which can be substituted with C1-C4 alkoxy or C1-C4 linear/branched alkyl; C6-C12 aryl, which can be substi- tuted with one or more of: -OH, -OC1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyl, -(CH2)mOH, -(CH2)n COOH, including protected -OH, where m 18 1-4, n is 1-3, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof. Also described is a pharmaceutical formulation. The above compounds are active as testosterone 5a-reductase inhibitors and thus are useful topically for treatment of acne, seborrhea, female hirsutism, and systemically in treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy.
Patel Gool F.
Rasmusson Gary H.
Tolman Richard L.
Merck & Co. Inc.
Swabey Ogilvy Renault
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