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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Norsteroids > Norpregnanes > Norpregnadienes > Promegestone

Preferred term

Promegestone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 17,21-Dimethyl-19-nor-4,9-pregnadiene-3,20-dione
  • Promestone

Note

  • D25-26

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(86); was see under NORPREGNADIENES 1986-90; was R 5020 see under NORPREGNADIENES 1979-85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011397

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