meprednisone

{{Short description|Chemical compound}}

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| IUPAC_name = (16β)-17,21-dihydroxy-16-methylpregna-1,4-diene-3,11,20-trione

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| CAS_number = 1247-42-3

| ATC_prefix = H02

| ATC_suffix = AB15

| PubChem = 5284587

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| UNII = 67U96J8P35

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| KEGG = D06673

| ChEBI = 135573

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| ChEMBL = 1201148

| synonyms = 16-beta-Methylprednisone; Betalone; Betapar

| C=22 | H=28 | O=5

| smiles = O=C(CO)[C@@]3(O)[C@@H](C)C[C@H]2[C@@H]4CC\C1=C\C(=O)\C=C/[C@]1(C)[C@H]4C(=O)C[C@@]23C

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| StdInChI = 1S/C22H28O5/c1-12-8-16-15-5-4-13-9-14(24)6-7-20(13,2)19(15)17(25)10-21(16,3)22(12,27)18(26)11-23/h6-7,9,12,15-16,19,23,27H,4-5,8,10-11H2,1-3H3/t12-,15-,16-,19+,20-,21-,22-/m0/s1

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| StdInChIKey = PIDANAQULIKBQS-RNUIGHNZSA-N

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Meprednisone is a glucocorticoid. It is a methylated derivative of prednisone.{{cite book | vauthors = Elks J | chapter = Meprednisone |title=The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies |pages= 418 |date=1990 |publisher=Springer |location=Dordrecht |isbn=978-1-4757-2085-3 | chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0vXTBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA418}}