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Promegestone

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Definition: A synthetic progestin which is useful for the study of progestin distribution and progestin tissue receptors, as it is not bound by transcortin and binds to progesterone receptors with a higher association constant than progesterone.  D25-26    Other names Promestone; 17,21-Dimethyl-19-nor-4,9-pregnadiene-3,20-dione; RU 5020; R 5020; Surgestone; RU5020; RU-5020; R5020; R-5020; Aventis Brand of Promegestone
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
21-fluoropromegestone  128855-74-3   Promegestone/*analogs & derivatives. Int J Rad Appl Instrum (B) 1990;17(3):309
trimegestone  74513-62-5   Promegestone/*analogs & derivatives. Endocrinol Jpn 1986;33(3):423

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