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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Pregnanes > Pregnenes > Pregnenediones > Progesterone > Hydroxyprogesterones > Medroxyprogesterone > Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Gonadal Steroid Hormones > Progesterone Congeners > Progesterone > Hydroxyprogesterones > Medroxyprogesterone > Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Corpus Luteum Hormones > Progesterone > Hydroxyprogesterones > Medroxyprogesterone > Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

Preferred term

Medroxyprogesterone Acetate  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A synthetic progestin that is derived from 17-hydroxyprogesterone. It is a long-acting contraceptive that is effective both orally or by intramuscular injection and has also been used to treat breast and endometrial neoplasms.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 1172-82-3 (cpd w/o isomeric designation)
  • 2242-65-1 ((6 beta)-isomer)
  • 560-12-3 ((6 alpha,17 alpha)-isomer)
  • (6 alpha)-17-(Acetoxy)-6-methylpregn-4-ene-3,20-dione
  • 6-alpha-Methyl-17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone Acetate
  • 71-58-9 (Medroxyprogesterone Acetate)
  • C2QI4IOI2G
  • Depo-Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
  • Medroxyprogesterone 17-Acetate
  • Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 17-(acetyloxy)-6-methyl-, (6alpha)-

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Acétate de médroxyprogestérone

    French

  • 1172-82-3 (cpd w/o isomeric designation)
  • 17-Acétate médroxyprogestérone
  • 2242-65-1 ((6 beta)-isomer)
  • 560-12-3 ((6 alpha,17 alpha)-isomer)
  • 71-58-9 (Medroxyprogesterone Acetate)
  • C2QI4IOI2G

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JM3T6177-4

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