Azasteroid

An azasteroid is a type of steroid derivative. Two azasteroids, finasteride and dutasteride, are used clinically as 5α-reductase inhibitors.[1][2]

References

  1. Enrique Ravina (11 January 2011). The Evolution of Drug Discovery: From Traditional Medicines to Modern Drugs. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-3-527-32669-3.
  2. Roger S. Kirby; John D. McConnell; John M. Fitzpatrick; Claus G. Roehrborn; Peter Boyle (29 November 2004). Textbook of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Second Edition. CRC Press. pp. 321–. ISBN 978-1-901865-55-4.


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