Norsteroid
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Norsteroids are a derivative of a steroid that have elements removed from a side chain or ring.[1]
Examples include:
- Norpregnene (based upon a pregnene)
- Desogestrel
- Ethylestrenol
- Ethynodiol diacetate
- Ethinyl estradiol
- Gestrinone
- Levonorgestrel
- Norethindrone
- Norgestrel
- Norpregnatriene (based upon a pregnatriene)
- 19-Norprogesterone (based upon a progesterone)
- 19-Nortestosterone (based upon a testosterone)
References
- ↑ Norsteroids at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Couzinet B, Young J, Brailly S, Chanson P, Thomas JL, Schaison G (December 1996). "The antigonadotropic activity of progestins (19-nortestosterone and 19-norprogesterone derivatives) is not mediated through the androgen receptor". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 81 (12): 4218–23. doi:10.1210/jc.81.12.4218. PMID 8954018.
External links
- Bricout V, Wright F (2004). "Update on nandrolone and norsteroids: how endogenous or xenobiotic are these substances?". Eur J Appl Physiol 92 (1-2): 1–12. doi:10.1007/s00421-004-1051-3. PMID 15042372.
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