Prednisone

API

N° CAS 53-03-2

Corticosteroids for systemic use - Immunosuppressants drugs

• Prednisone is a corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory, steroidal anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive and glucocorticoid properties.
• White to off-white crystalline powder.
• It's a prodrug; it is metabolised in the liver by 11-?-HSD to prednisolone, the active drug. Prednisone has no substantial biological effects until converted via hepatic metabolism to prednisolone.