Methylclostebol, also known as 4-chloro-17α-methyltestosterone or as 4-chloro-17α-methylandrost-4-en-17β-ol-3-one, is a
synthetic,
orally active anabolic-androgenic steroid
Anabolic steroids, also known more properly as anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), are steroidal androgens that include natural androgens like testosterone as well as synthetic androgens that are structurally related and have similar effects t ...
(AAS) and
designer steroid that has been sold on the Internet as a "
dietary supplement",
but it has never been studied for medical use.
It is the 17α-alkylated variant of
clostebol (4-chlorotestosterone).
[Lootens, L., Van Eenoo, P., Pozo Mendoza, O. J., Meulemans, P., Leroux-Roels, G., & Delbeke, F. (2010). Application of in vivo urinary steroid detection in uPA+/+-SCID chimeric mice. In 28th Cologne workshop on Dope Analysis (Manfred Donike workshop) (Vol. 18, pp. 52-61). Sportverlag Strauss.]
Rahnema, Crosnoe, and Kim (2015) reported that German athletes used methylclostebol as a
performance enhancing drug
Performance-enhancing substances, also known as performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), are substances that are used to improve any form of activity performance in humans. A well-known example of cheating in sports involves doping in sport, where bann ...
in the 1960s and 1970s, but this has not been substantiated.
[ The compound is listed as a banned anabolic agent by the ]World Anti-Doping Agency
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.
See also
* Chlorodehydromethylandrostenediol
Chlorodehydromethylandrostenediol (CDMA), also known as 4-chloro-17α-methylandrost-1,4-diene-3β,17β-diol, is a synthetic, orally active anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) and a 17α-alkylated derivative of 4-androstenediol that was never mar ...
* Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone
Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (CDMT; brand name Oral Turinabol), also known as 4-chloro-17β-hydroxy17α-methylandrosta-1,4-dien-3-one, is an anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS). It is the 4-chloro-substituted derivative of metandienone (dehyd ...
* Chloromethylandrostenediol
Chloromethylandrostenediol (CMA), also known as 4-chloro-17α-methyl-androst-4-ene-3β,17β-diol, is a synthetic, orally active anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) and a 17α-alkylated derivative of 4-androstenediol that was never marketed. It ...
* Oxymesterone
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