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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, 19-Norprogesterone, Activella, Algestone, Allylestrenol, Altrenogest, Asoprisnil, Chlormadinone, Chlormadinone acetate, Cyproterone acetate, Delmadinone, Delmadinone acetate, Desogestrel, Dienogest, Drospirenone, Dydrogesterone, Endometrin, Ethisterone, Etonogestrel, Etynodiol, Etynodiol diacetate, Gestaclone, Gestodene, Gestonorone, Levonorgestrel, Lynestrenol, Medrogestone, Medroxyprogesterone, Medroxyprogesterone acetate, Megestrol, Megestrol acetate, Melengestrol, Melengestrol acetate, Methylestrenolone, Nestorone, Nomegestrol, Nomegestrol acetate, Norelgestromin, Norethisterone, Norethisterone acetate, Norethynodrel, Norgestimate, Norgestrienone, Pregnadiene, Pregnane, Pregnatriene, Pregnenedione, Progesterone receptor, Progestin, Progestin challenge, Progestogen, Progestogen-only pill, Proligestone, Quingestanol, Quingestanol acetate, Selective progesterone receptor modulator, Spironolactone, Telapristone, Tibolone, Trimegestone. Excerpt: Progesterone also known as P4 (pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) is a C-21 steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy (supports gestation) and embryogenesis of humans and other species. Progesterone belongs to a class of hormones called progestogens, and is the major naturally occurring human progestogen. Progesterone was independently discovered by four research groups. Willard Myron Allen co-discovered progesterone with his anatomy professor George Washington Corner at the University of Rochester Medical School in 1933. Allen first determined its melting point, molecular weight, and partial molecular structure. He also gave it the name Progesterone derived from Progestational Steroidal ketone. Like other steroids, progesterone consists of four interconnected cyclic hydrocarbons. Progesterone contains ketone and oxygenated functional...
