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Testosterone formate

Chemical compound

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Testosterone formate, also known as testosterone carboxylate or testosterone methanoate, as well as androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one 17β-formate, is a synthetic, steroidal androgen and an androgen ester, specifically, the C17β formate ester of testosterone, which was first synthesized in the 1930s and was never marketed.

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