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Details

Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C18H26O5
Molecular Weight 322.396
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of ZERANOL

SMILES

C[C@H]1CCC[C@H](O)CCCCCC2=C(C(O)=CC(O)=C2)C(=O)O1

InChI

InChIKey=DWTTZBARDOXEAM-GXTWGEPZSA-N
InChI=1S/C18H26O5/c1-12-6-5-9-14(19)8-4-2-3-7-13-10-15(20)11-16(21)17(13)18(22)23-12/h10-12,14,19-21H,2-9H2,1H3/t12-,14+/m0/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C18H26O5
Molecular Weight 322.396
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Description
Curator's Comment: Description was created based on several sources, including http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6351181 and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20002219

Zeranol is a non-steroidal anabolic growth promoter with potent estrogenic activity that is widely used as a growth promoter in the US beef industry. It is a mycotoxin, derived from fungi in the Fusarium family, it is an estrogen agonist. Zeranol is approved for use as a growth promoter in livestock, including beef cattle, in the United States. In Canada, it is approved for use in beef cattle only. Zeranol was officially banned in Europe due to safety concerns because of its potential carcinogenic and endocrine-disrupting biological activity. Merck Animal Health markets zeranol under the brand name Ralgro. It has being shown, that zeranol may increase cancer cell proliferation in already existing breast cancer.

Originator

Curator's Comment: The first process for producing Zeranol described by Urry et al, Tetrahedron Letters, 1966, 27, 3109-3114

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
4.0 µM [EC50]
24.0 nM [EC50]
15.62 µM [IC50]
1.8 nM [EC50]
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
RALGRO

Approved Use

For increased weight gain and for improved feed conversion of weaned beef calves, growing beef cattle, feedlot steers and feedlot heifers. For increased rate of weight gain of suckling beef calves.

Launch Date

1968
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Inhibitory effect of natural and environmental estrogens on thymic hormone production in thymus epithelial cell culture.
1999 Dec
Prediction of estrogen receptor agonists and characterization of associated molecular descriptors by statistical learning methods.
2006 Nov
Zeranol upregulates corticotropin releasing hormone expression in the placental cell line JEG-3.
2013 Jun 7
Selectivity of natural, synthetic and environmental estrogens for zebrafish estrogen receptors.
2014 Oct 1
Human sex hormone-binding globulin binding affinities of 125 structurally diverse chemicals and comparison with their binding to androgen receptor, estrogen receptor, and α-fetoprotein.
2015 Feb
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Curator's Comment: Subcutaneous implantation on the posterior aspect of the middle one-third of the ear by means of an implant gun.
RALGRO (Zeranol): Beef cattle: One implant containing 36 mg zeranol. Feedlot lambs: One implant containing 12 mg. zeranol
Route of Administration: Transdermal
In Vitro Use Guide
Zeranol (2‑50 nM) was able to significantly promote cell proliferation, aromatase mRNA expression, aromatase activity and estrogen production in primary cultured human breast preadipocytes
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
ZERANOL
GREEN BOOK   INN   MART.   MI   USAN  
USAN   INN  
Official Name English
THFES (HM)
Code English
P-1496
Code English
ZERANOL [USAN]
Common Name English
ZERANOL [MART.]
Common Name English
(-)-.ALPHA.-ZEARALANOL
Common Name English
zeranol [INN]
Common Name English
ZERANOL [GREEN BOOK]
Common Name English
RALABOL
Brand Name English
RALGRO
Brand Name English
ZERANOL [MI]
Common Name English
MK-188
Code English
1H-2-BENZOXACYCLOTETRADECIN-1-ONE, 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12-DECAHYDRO-7,14,16-TRIHYDROXY-3-METHYL-, (3S,7R)-
Systematic Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
CFR 21 CFR 556.760
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NCI_THESAURUS C2182
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CFR 21 CFR 522.2680
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Code System Code Type Description
DRUG BANK
DB11478
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MESH
D015029
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
247-769-0
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RXCUI
1368476
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EVMPD
SUB00148MIG
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MERCK INDEX
m11589
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SMS_ID
100000079414
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL450613
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INN
2844
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PUBCHEM
2999413
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DRUG CENTRAL
2860
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID4022315
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CAS
26538-44-3
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WIKIPEDIA
ZERANOL
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NCI_THESAURUS
C76826
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FDA UNII
76LO2L2V39
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DAILYMED
76LO2L2V39
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