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Aminoglutethimide Thesaurus

(pharmacology) A drug C₁₃H₁₆N₂O₂ that inhibits the production of steroids by the adrenal cortex by blocking the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone and is used chiefly in the treatment of Cushing's disease. It is a derivative of glutethimide and has also been used as an aromatase inhibitor to treat cancers of the breast and prostate.

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Related dictionary entries include metyrapone, aceglutamide, glucogitodimethoside, miglustat, nomegestrol, glucobipindogulomethyloside.

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