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Preferred term

Norethindrone  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A synthetic progestational hormone with actions similar to those of PROGESTERONE but functioning as a more potent inhibitor of ovulation. It has weak estrogenic and androgenic properties. The hormone has been used in treating amenorrhea, functional uterine bleeding, endometriosis, and for CONTRACEPTION.

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Entry terms

  • 19-Norpregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one, 17-hydroxy-, (17alpha)-
  • 38673-36-8 (cpd without stereochemical designation)
  • 56525-17-8 ((1 beta)-isomer)
  • 68-22-4 (Norethindrone)
  • Ethinylnortestosterone
  • Norethisterone
  • Norpregneninolone
  • T18F433X4S

In other languages

  • French

  • 38673-36-8 (cpd without stereochemical designation)
  • 56525-17-8 ((1 beta)-isomer)
  • 68-22-4 (Norethindrone)
  • T18F433X4S

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JPBL41V7-4

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