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Specifications

Finasteride 
 
 
Systematic (IUPAC) name
N-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-oxo-
(5α,17β)-4-azaandrost-1-ene-17-carboxamide
Clinical data
Trade names Proscar
AHFS/Drugs.com monograph
MedlinePlus a698016
Pregnancy cat. X (will cause birth defects in an unborn baby)
Legal status POM (UK) ?-only (US)
Routes Oral
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability 63%
Metabolism Hepatic
Half-life Elderly: 8 hours
Adults: 6 hours
Excretion Feces (57%) and urine (39%) as metabolites
Identifiers
CAS number 98319-26-7 Y
ATC code G04CB01 D11AX10
PubChem CID 57363
DrugBank APRD00632
ChemSpider 51714 Y
UNII 57GNO57U7G Y
KEGG D00321 Y
ChEBI CHEBI:5062 Y
ChEMBL CHEMBL710 Y
Chemical data
Formula C23H36N2O2 
Mol. mass 372.549 g/mol
SMILES eMolecules & PubChem