Testosterone decanoate

Testosterone decanoate (BANTooltip British Approved Name) is an androgen and anabolic steroid and a testosterone ester.^[1][2][3][4] It is a component of Sustanon, along with testosterone propionate, testosterone phenylpropionate, and testosterone isocaproate.^[4][5] The medication has not been marketed as a single-drug preparation.^[4] Testosterone decanoate has been investigated as a potential long-acting injectable male contraceptive.^[4][6][7][8] It has a longer duration of action than testosterone enanthate, but its duration is not as prolonged as that of testosterone undecanoate.^[4]

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Parenteral durations of androgens/anabolic steroids

Medication	Form	Major brand names	Duration
Testosterone	Aqueous suspension	Andronaq, Sterotate, Virosterone	2–3 days
Testosterone propionate	Oil solution	Androteston, Perandren, Testoviron	3–4 days
Testosterone phenylpropionate	Oil solution	Testolent	8 days
Testosterone isobutyrate	Aqueous suspension	Agovirin Depot, Perandren M	14 days
Mixed testosterone estersa	Oil solution	Triolandren	10–20 days
Mixed testosterone estersb	Oil solution	Testosid Depot	14–20 days
Testosterone enanthate	Oil solution	Delatestryl	14–28 days
Testosterone cypionate	Oil solution	Depovirin	14–28 days
Mixed testosterone estersc	Oil solution	Sustanon 250	28 days
Testosterone undecanoate	Oil solution	Aveed, Nebido	100 days
Testosterone buciclated	Aqueous suspension	20 Aet-1, CDB-1781e	90–120 days
Nandrolone phenylpropionate	Oil solution	Durabolin	10 days
Nandrolone decanoate	Oil solution	Deca Durabolin	21–28 days
Methandriol	Aqueous suspension	Notandron, Protandren	8 days
Methandriol bisenanthoyl acetate	Oil solution	Notandron Depot	16 days
Metenolone acetate	Oil solution	Primobolan	3 days
Metenolone enanthate	Oil solution	Primobolan Depot	14 days
Note: All are via i.m. injection. Footnotes: a = TP, TV, and TUe. b = TP and TKL. c = TP, TPP, TiCa, and TD. d = Studied but never marketed. e = Developmental code names. Sources: See template.

Testosterone decanoate

Clinical data
Other names	Testosterone decylate; Testosterone 17β-decanoate
Routes of administration	Intramuscular injection
Identifiers
IUPAC name [(8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-10,13-dimethyl-3-oxo-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl] decanoate
CAS Number	5721-91-5
PubChem CID	155143
DrugBank	DB16001
ChemSpider	136680
UNII	IJW60LAO6S
KEGG	D08573
ChEBI	CHEBI:35000
ChEMBL	ChEMBL1473654
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID5046198
ECHA InfoCard	100.024.752
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C29H46O3
Molar mass	442.684 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
Melting point	49.1 °C (120.4 °F)
SMILES CCCCCCCCCC(=O)O[C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3[C@H]2CCC4=CC(=O)CC[C@]34C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C29H46O3/c1-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-27(31)32-26-15-14-24-23-13-12-21-20-22(30)16-18-28(21,2)25(23)17-19-29(24,26)3/h20,23-26H,4-19H2,1-3H3/t23-,24-,25-,26-,28-,29-/m0/s1 Key:LBERVHLCXUMDOT-MPZZESAYSA-N

See also

• List of androgen esters § Testosterone esters