Ethylestrenol
Encyclopedia
Ethylestrenol is an anabolic steroid
with some progesterone
-like activity, and little androgen
ic activity. It is a nandrolone
derivative and lacks the 3-keto functional group. It was approved in 1964 for testosterone deficiency in male patients.
Anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroids, technically known as anabolic-androgen steroids or colloquially simply as "steroids", are drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in the body. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue ,...
with some progesterone
Progesterone
Progesterone also known as P4 is a C-21 steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy and embryogenesis of humans and other species...
-like activity, and little androgen
Androgen
Androgen, also called androgenic hormone or testoid, is the generic term for any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of male characteristics in vertebrates by binding to androgen receptors...
ic activity. It is a nandrolone
Nandrolone
Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid that may be present naturally in the human body, albeit in minute quantities of less than 0.4 ng/ml. Nandrolone is most commonly sold commercially as its decanoate ester and less commonly as a phenylpropionate ester...
derivative and lacks the 3-keto functional group. It was approved in 1964 for testosterone deficiency in male patients.