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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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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Plasma Lipids and High Density Lipoproteins during Oral Contraception with Different Combinations of Ethinyl Estradiol and Levonorgestrel
Seventy-five menstruating women seeking contraceptive advice were randomly allocated to treatment with combined oral… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Differential effect of pregnancy or gestagens on humoral and cell-mediated immunity.
The reactivity of spleen lymphocytes in a mixed lymphocyte culture and the in vivo PFC response to sheep erythrocytes have been… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Effects of norethindrone on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.
A prospective study was undertaken of the effects of progestogen norethindrone (17alpha-ethinyl-19-nortestosterone) on… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The influence of fetal genotype upon endometrial cup development and PMSG and progestagen production in equids.
: The influence of fetal genotype upon gonadotrophin (PMSG) and progestagen production in mares and donkeys during the first half… 
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
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The use of oestradiol uptake and binding-site studies in endometrial and ovarian carcinoma.
Estrogen action is thought to involve specific cytoplasmic protein m olecules to which estrogen becomes bound. Another receptor… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
The effect of dose level of intravaginal progestagen on sperm transport, fertilization and lambing in the cyclic Merino ewe.
PMSG had no apparent effect on any one of the three parameters. Increasing dose of progestagen significantly increased the… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Irregular menses, amenorrhea, and infertility following synthetic progestational agents.
THE USE OF pure crystalline progesterone which was isolated and prepared for the first time in 1934 was limited mainly in its… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Hepatic Impairment During the Intake of Contraceptive Pills: Clinical Trial with Postmenopausal Women
12 postmenopausal women were given Lyndiol for 28 days (7 women) Or gametril (2 women) or Mestranol (3 women). Hepatic function… 
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… 
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