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

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Progesterone  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The major progestational steroid that is secreted primarily by the CORPUS LUTEUM and the PLACENTA. Progesterone acts on the UTERUS, the MAMMARY GLANDS and the BRAIN. It is required in EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; PREGNANCY maintenance, and the development of mammary tissue for MILK production. Progesterone, converted from PREGNENOLONE, also serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.

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Entry terms

  • 2000-66-0 ((17 alpha)-isomer)
  • 2755-10-4 ((9 beta,10 alpha)-isomer)
  • 4G7DS2Q64Y
  • 57-83-0 (Progesterone)
  • 59952-90-8 ((13 alpha,17 alpha)-(+-)-isomer)
  • Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione
  • Pregnenedione

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  • Progestérone

    French

  • 2000-66-0 ((17 alpha)-isomer)
  • 2755-10-4 ((9 beta,10 alpha)-isomer)
  • 4G7DS2Q64Y
  • 57-83-0 (Progesterone)
  • 59952-90-8 ((13 alpha,17 alpha)-(+-)-isomer)
  • Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione
  • Prégnènedione

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MFB5X618-D

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