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Deflazacort is a glucocorticoid used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.Deflazacort is an inactive prodrug which is metabolized rapidly to the active drug 21-desacetyldeflazacort. Its potency is around 70–90% that of prednisone.It is sold in the United Kingdom by Shire under the trade name Calcort; in Brazil as Cortax Decortil and Deflanil; in India as MOAID DFZ Decotaz and DefZot; in Panama as Zamen Spain as Zamene and in Honduras as Flezacor.

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ATC prefix
H02
ATC suffix
AB13
CAS number
14484-47-0
FDA UNII code
KR5YZ6AE4B
IUPAC name
(11β16β)-21-(acetyloxy)-11-hydroxy-2′-methyl-5′H-pregna-14-dieno[1716-d]oxazole-320-dione
PubChem
26709

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