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

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Algestone  

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Entry terms

  • 16 alpha,17-Dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione
  • Alphasone
  • Dihydroxyprogesterone
  • Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 16,17-dihydroxy-, (16alpha)-

Scope note

  • A synthetic progestational dihydroxy derivative of PROGESTERONE. Its acetonide possesses anti-inflammatory properties.

History note

  • 91(75); was ALPHASONE see under ALGESTONE ACETOPHENIDE/analogs & derivatives 1975-90; was ALPHASONE see under ALGESTONE ACETOPHENIDE 1974; DIHYDROXYPROGESTERONE was see ALGESTONE ACETOPHENIDE 1975-76, was see under ALGESTONE ACETOPHENIDE 1974, was heading 1964-73 (Prov)

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