Norgesterone
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| Other names | Vinilestrenolone |
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| Formula | C20H28O2 |
| Molar mass | 300.43512 g/mol g·mol−1 |
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Norgesterone (INN), also known as norvinodrel, vinylestrenolone, and vinyl-noretynodrel,[1] is a steroidal progestin of the 19-nortestosterone group.[2] Combined with ethinyl estradiol as Vestalin, it is used as a hormonal contraceptive.[3][4][5]
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References
- ^ J.P. Lavery; J.S. Sanfilippo (6 December 2012). Pediatric and Adolescent Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 236–. ISBN 978-1-4612-5064-7.
- ^ J. Elks (14 November 2014). The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies. Springer. pp. 887–. ISBN 978-1-4757-2085-3.
- ^ Wassef SA, Sami G, Hamid EA (1970). "Effect of switching with oral contraceptives". Egypt Popul Fam Plann Rev. 3 (1): 77–93. PMID 12254511.
- ^ Lars Philip Bengtsson; M. Tausk (September 1972). Pharmacology of the endocrine system and related drugs: progesterone, progestational drugs and antifertility agents. Pergamon Press.
- ^ Cynthia A. Challener (1 December 2001). Chiral Drugs. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-566-08411-9.
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