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Progestins

Known as: Synthetic Progestagen, Gestagens, Gestagenic Agents 
Compounds that interact with PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS in target tissues to bring about the effects similar to those of PROGESTERONE. Primary actions of… 
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1 ML medroxyprogesterone acetate 150 MG/ML Injection11-hydroxyprogesteroneAlgestoneAlgestone Acetophenide
Corpus Luteum HormonesGonadal Steroid HormonesIn BloodPAQR6 gene

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HormonesPharmaceutical Preparations

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Review
1989
Review
1989
Comparative Aspects of Contraceptive Steroids—Effects Observed in Beagle Dogs
  • A. Johnson
  • Toxicologic pathology (Print)
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 23910269
The effects of oral contraceptives have been studied in the beagle bitch for periods up to 7 yr. High doses of these potent… 
1981
1981
Dexamethasone Suppression Test in the Management of Hyperandrogenized Patients
The authors evaluated 86 hyperandrogenized women with measurements of serum cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate… 
1979
1979
Reproductive management of mares without detection of oestrus.
The use of photoperiod, progestagen, prostaglandin and hCG treatments was investigated to obtain mating of mares at predetermined… 
1978
1978
Foetal and maternal plasma concentrations of 13, 14-dihydro-15-oxo-prostaglandin F in the mare during late pregnancy and at parturition.
The concentrations of 13, 14-dihydro-15-oxo-prostaglandin F(PGFM), the stable metabolite of prostaglandin F, were measured in the… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Radioimmunoassay of synthetic progestogens, norethisterone and norgestrel.
Procedures for the radioimmunoassay of norethisterone and norgestrel are described and the results obtained by the application of… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The Evaluation of the Role of Androgens in Hirsutism and the Use of a New Anti-androgen “Cyproterone Acetate” for Therapy
ABSTRACT When the mean plasma testosterone levels in normal (14) and hirsute women (26) based on 4 plasma readings were compared… 
1973
1973
A preliminary study upon the use of prostaglandins for inducing oestrus in non-cycling thoroughbred mares.
SUMMARY Thirty-eight non-pregnant, non-cycling Thoroughbred mares in which peripheral plasma progestagen levels indicated… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Serum gonadotropin responses to estrogen and progestogen in recently castrated human females.
ABSTRACT Serum FSH and LH levels were studied in 3 females recently oophorectomized while in the reproductive age and the… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
EFFECTS OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE ON PROGESTIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE LUTEINIZED RAT OVARY.
A rapid 2-dimensional thinlayer chromatographic procedure has been described for the isolation and quantitative measurement of… 
1959
1959
Production of adrenal atrophy by 6-methyl-17-acetoxyprogesterone, with remarks on the adrenal effects of other progestational agents.