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For the pharmaceutical drug, see <a href="/wiki/Megestrol_acetate" title="Megestrol acetate">megestrol acetate</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddd">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><a href="/wiki/IUPAC_nomenclature_of_chemistry" title="IUPAC nomenclature of chemistry">IUPAC name</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; word-break:break-all; text-align:left; padding-left:1.5em; text-indent:-1.5em;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div style="font-size: 97%;">17-hydroxy-6-methylpregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione</div></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/CAS_Registry_Number" title="CAS Registry Number">CAS Number</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="commonchemistry.cas.org"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=3562-63-8">3562-63-8</a></span><sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/PubChem#CID" title="PubChem">PubChem</a> <span style="font-weight:normal"><abbr title="Compound ID">CID</abbr></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link 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line-height:120%;">InChI=1S/C22H30O3/c1-13-11-16-17(20(3)8-5-15(24)12-19(13)20)6-9-21(4)18(16)7-10-22(21,25)14(2)23/h11-12,16-18,25H,5-10H2,1-4H3/t16-,17+,18+,20-,21+,22+/m1/s1<sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div style="word-wrap:break-word; text-indent:-1.5em; text-align:left; padding-left:1.5em; font-size:97%; line-height:120%;">Key:VXIMPSPISRVBPZ-NWUMPJBXSA-N<sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" 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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ComparePages&rev1=462101940&page2=Megestrol">(verify)</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Megestrol</b> (<a href="/wiki/International_Nonproprietary_Name" class="mw-redirect" title="International Nonproprietary Name"><abbr title="International Nonproprietary Name">INN</abbr></a><span class="sr-only" style="border: 0; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); clip-path: polygon(0px 0px, 0px 0px, 0px 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 1px; white-space: nowrap;">Tooltip International Nonproprietary Name</span>, <a href="/wiki/British_Approved_Name" title="British Approved Name"><abbr title="British Approved Name">BAN</abbr></a><span class="sr-only" style="border: 0; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); clip-path: polygon(0px 0px, 0px 0px, 0px 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 1px; white-space: nowrap;">Tooltip British Approved Name</span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Progestin" class="mw-redirect" title="Progestin">progestin</a> of the <a href="/wiki/17%CE%B1-hydroxyprogesterone" class="mw-redirect" title="17α-hydroxyprogesterone">17α-hydroxyprogesterone</a> group which was, until recently, never marketed or used clinically.<sup id="cite_ref-Macdonald1997_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Macdonald1997-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Index_Nominum_2000:_International_Drug_Directory_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Index_Nominum_2000:_International_Drug_Directory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is now used for treatments of <a href="/wiki/Weight_loss#Disease-related" title="Weight loss">disease-related weight loss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Endometrial_cancer" title="Endometrial cancer">endometrial cancer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Acylation" title="Acylation">acylated</a> derivative <a href="/wiki/Megestrol_acetate" title="Megestrol acetate">megestrol acetate</a> is also a <a href="/wiki/Progestogen" title="Progestogen">progestogen</a>, which, in contrast to megestrol itself, has been extensively used as a <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical">pharmaceutical</a> <a href="/wiki/Drug" title="Drug">drug</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Macdonald1997_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Macdonald1997-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Index_Nominum_2000:_International_Drug_Directory_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Index_Nominum_2000:_International_Drug_Directory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medical_Use">Medical Use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megestrol&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Medical Use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of June 2023, megestrol is being used to treat significant weight loss in <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV/AIDS</a> patients, and as a <a href="/wiki/Palliative_care" title="Palliative care">palliative</a> treatment of <a href="/wiki/Endometrial_cancer" title="Endometrial cancer">endometrial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancers</a>. It can be administered in both tablet and oral suspension forms, with dosages ranging from 100 mg/day to 1600 mg/day depending on the condition being treated.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synthesis">Synthesis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megestrol&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Synthesis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Megestrol_synthesis.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Megestrol_synthesis.png/700px-Megestrol_synthesis.png" decoding="async" width="700" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Megestrol_synthesis.png/1050px-Megestrol_synthesis.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Megestrol_synthesis.png/1400px-Megestrol_synthesis.png 2x" data-file-width="2074" data-file-height="417" /></a><figcaption>Megestrol synthesis:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US2891079">U.S. patent 2,891,079</a></span></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megestrol&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Megestrol_acetate" title="Megestrol acetate">Megestrol acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medroxyprogesterone" title="Medroxyprogesterone">Medroxyprogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medroxyprogesterone_acetate" title="Medroxyprogesterone acetate">Medroxyprogesterone acetate</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megestrol&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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title="20α-Dihydrodydrogesterone">20α-Dihydrodydrogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20%CE%B1-Dihydrotrengestone" title="20α-Dihydrotrengestone">20α-Dihydrotrengestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DU-41164" title="DU-41164">DU-41164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DU-41165" title="DU-41165">DU-41165</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dydrogesterone" title="Dydrogesterone">Dydrogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retroprogesterone" title="Retroprogesterone">Retroprogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ro_6-3129" title="Ro 6-3129">Ro 6-3129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trengestone" title="Trengestone">Trengestone</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>17α-Substituted progesterone derivatives:</i> <a href="/wiki/6%CE%B1-Methyl-17%CE%B1-bromoprogesterone" title="6α-Methyl-17α-bromoprogesterone">6α-Methyl-17α-bromoprogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15%CE%B2-Hydroxycyproterone_acetate" title="15β-Hydroxycyproterone acetate">15β-Hydroxycyproterone acetate</a></li> <li><a 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acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cismadinone" title="Cismadinone">Cismadinone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cismadinone_acetate" title="Cismadinone acetate">Cismadinone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clogestone" title="Clogestone">Clogestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clogestone_acetate" title="Clogestone acetate">Clogestone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clomegestone" title="Clomegestone">Clomegestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clomegestone_acetate" title="Clomegestone acetate">Clomegestone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymegesolate" title="Cymegesolate">Cymegesolate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyproterone_acetate" title="Cyproterone acetate">Cyproterone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delmadinone" title="Delmadinone">Delmadinone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delmadinone_acetate" title="Delmadinone acetate">Delmadinone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edogestrone" title="Edogestrone">Edogestrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flugestone" title="Flugestone">Flugestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flugestone_acetate" title="Flugestone acetate">Flugestone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluorometholone" title="Fluorometholone">Fluorometholone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluorometholone_acetate" title="Fluorometholone acetate">Fluorometholone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flumedroxone" title="Flumedroxone">Flumedroxone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flumedroxone_acetate" title="Flumedroxone acetate">Flumedroxone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluoromedroxyprogesterone_acetate" title="Fluoromedroxyprogesterone acetate">Fluoromedroxyprogesterone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gestaclone" title="Gestaclone">Gestaclone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gestobutanoyl&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gestobutanoyl (page does not exist)">Gestobutanoyl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haloprogesterone" title="Haloprogesterone">Haloprogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydromadinone" title="Hydromadinone">Hydromadinone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydromadinone_acetate" title="Hydromadinone acetate">Hydromadinone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydroxyprogesterone_acetate" title="Hydroxyprogesterone acetate">Hydroxyprogesterone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydroxyprogesterone_caproate" title="Hydroxyprogesterone caproate">Hydroxyprogesterone caproate (hydroxyprogesterone hexanoate)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydroxyprogesterone_heptanoate" title="Hydroxyprogesterone heptanoate">Hydroxyprogesterone heptanoate (hydroxyprogesterone enanthate)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydroxyprogesterone_heptanoate_benzilic_acid_hydrazone" title="Hydroxyprogesterone heptanoate benzilic acid hydrazone">Hydroxyprogesterone heptanoate benzilic acid hydrazone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecigestone" title="Mecigestone">Mecigestone (pentarane B)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medrogestone" title="Medrogestone">Medrogestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medroxyprogesterone" title="Medroxyprogesterone">Medroxyprogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medroxyprogesterone_acetate" title="Medroxyprogesterone acetate">Medroxyprogesterone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medroxyprogesterone_caproate" title="Medroxyprogesterone caproate">Medroxyprogesterone caproate</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Megestrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megestrol_acetate" title="Megestrol acetate">Megestrol acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megestrol_caproate" title="Megestrol caproate">Megestrol caproate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melengestrol" title="Melengestrol">Melengestrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melengestrol_acetate" title="Melengestrol acetate">Melengestrol acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methenmadinone" title="Methenmadinone">Methenmadinone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methenmadinone_acetate" title="Methenmadinone acetate">Methenmadinone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methenmadinone_caproate" title="Methenmadinone caproate">Methenmadinone caproate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mometasone" title="Mometasone">Mometasone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mometasone_furoate" class="mw-redirect" title="Mometasone furoate">Mometasone furoate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osaterone" title="Osaterone">Osaterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osaterone_acetate" title="Osaterone acetate">Osaterone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentagestrone" title="Pentagestrone">Pentagestrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentagestrone_acetate" title="Pentagestrone acetate">Pentagestrone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentarane_A" title="Pentarane A">Pentarane A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proligestone" title="Proligestone">Proligestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triamcinolone_acetonide" title="Triamcinolone acetonide">Triamcinolone acetonide</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>19-Norprogesterone derivatives:</i> <a href="/wiki/17%CE%B1-Methyl-19-norprogesterone" title="17α-Methyl-19-norprogesterone">17α-Methyl-19-norprogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18-Methylsegesterone_acetate" title="18-Methylsegesterone acetate">18-Methylsegesterone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19-Norprogesterone" title="19-Norprogesterone">19-Norprogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amadinone" title="Amadinone">Amadinone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amadinone_acetate" title="Amadinone acetate">Amadinone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demegestone" title="Demegestone">Demegestone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fluoro_ethyl_norprogesterone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fluoro ethyl norprogesterone (page does not exist)">Fluoro ethyl norprogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fluoro_furanyl_norprogesterone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fluoro furanyl norprogesterone (page does not exist)">Fluoro furanyl norprogesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gestadienol" title="Gestadienol">Gestadienol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gestadienol_acetate" title="Gestadienol acetate">Gestadienol acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gestonorone_acetate" title="Gestonorone acetate">Gestonorone acetate (gestronol acetate)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gestonorone_caproate" title="Gestonorone caproate">Gestonorone caproate (gestronol hexanoate)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gestronol" title="Gestronol">Gestronol (gestonorone)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nomegestrol" title="Nomegestrol">Nomegestrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nomegestrol_acetate" title="Nomegestrol acetate">Nomegestrol acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norgestomet" title="Norgestomet">Norgestomet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORG-2058" title="ORG-2058">ORG-2058</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxogestone" title="Oxogestone">Oxogestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxogestone_phenpropionate" title="Oxogestone phenpropionate">Oxogestone phenpropionate (xinogestone)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Promegestone" title="Promegestone">Promegestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Segesterone" title="Segesterone">Segesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nestorone" class="mw-redirect" title="Nestorone">Segesterone acetate (nestorone)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trimegestone" title="Trimegestone">Trimegestone</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Testosterone derivatives:</i> Progestins: <a href="/wiki/6,6-Difluoronorethisterone" title="6,6-Difluoronorethisterone">6,6-Difluoronorethisterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6,6-Difluoronorethisterone_acetate" title="6,6-Difluoronorethisterone acetate">6,6-Difluoronorethisterone acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17%CE%B1-Allyl-19-nortestosterone" title="17α-Allyl-19-nortestosterone">17α-Allyl-19-nortestosterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allylestrenol" title="Allylestrenol">Allylestrenol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altrenogest" title="Altrenogest">Altrenogest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chloroethynylnorgestrel" title="Chloroethynylnorgestrel">Chloroethynylnorgestrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cingestol" title="Cingestol">Cingestol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danazol" title="Danazol">Danazol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desogestrel" title="Desogestrel">Desogestrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dienogest" title="Dienogest">Dienogest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethinylandrostenediol" title="Ethinylandrostenediol">Ethinylandrostenediol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethandrostate" title="Ethandrostate">Ethandrostate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethisterone" title="Ethisterone">Ethisterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethynerone" title="Ethynerone">Ethynerone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etonogestrel" title="Etonogestrel">Etonogestrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etynodiol" title="Etynodiol">Etynodiol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etynodiol_diacetate" title="Etynodiol diacetate">Etynodiol diacetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gestodene" title="Gestodene">Gestodene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gestrinone" title="Gestrinone">Gestrinone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levonorgestrel" title="Levonorgestrel">Levonorgestrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levonorgestrel_ester" class="mw-redirect" title="Levonorgestrel ester">Levonorgestrel esters</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Levonorgestrel_butanoate" title="Levonorgestrel butanoate">levonorgestrel butanoate</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynestrenol" title="Lynestrenol">Lynestrenol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynestrenol_phenylpropionate" title="Lynestrenol phenylpropionate">Lynestrenol phenylpropionate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metynodiol" title="Metynodiol">Metynodiol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metynodiol_diacetate" title="Metynodiol diacetate">Metynodiol diacetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norelgestromin" title="Norelgestromin">Norelgestromin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norethisterone" title="Norethisterone">Norethisterone (norethindrone)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norethisterone_ester" class="mw-redirect" title="Norethisterone ester">Norethisterone esters</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Norethisterone_acetate" title="Norethisterone acetate">norethisterone acetate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norethisterone_enanthate" title="Norethisterone enanthate">norethisterone enanthate</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noretynodrel" title="Noretynodrel">Noretynodrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norgesterone" title="Norgesterone">Norgesterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norgestimate" title="Norgestimate">Norgestimate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norgestrel" title="Norgestrel">Norgestrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norgestrienone" title="Norgestrienone">Norgestrienone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norvinisterone" title="Norvinisterone">Norvinisterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxendolone" title="Oxendolone">Oxendolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quingestanol" title="Quingestanol">Quingestanol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quingestanol_acetate" title="Quingestanol acetate">Quingestanol acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibolone" title="Tibolone">Tibolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigestol" title="Tigestol">Tigestol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tosagestin" title="Tosagestin">Tosagestin</a>; Anabolic–androgenic steroids: <a href="/wiki/11%CE%B2-Methyl-19-nortestosterone" title="11β-Methyl-19-nortestosterone">11β-Methyl-19-nortestosterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11%CE%B2-Methyl-19-nortestosterone_dodecylcarbonate" title="11β-Methyl-19-nortestosterone dodecylcarbonate">11β-Methyl-19-nortestosterone dodecylcarbonate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19-Nor-5-androstenediol" title="19-Nor-5-androstenediol">19-Nor-5-androstenediol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19-Nor-5-androstenedione" title="19-Nor-5-androstenedione">19-Nor-5-androstenedione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19-Nordehydroepiandrosterone" title="19-Nordehydroepiandrosterone">19-Nordehydroepiandrosterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolandiol" title="Bolandiol">Bolandiol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolandiol_dipropionate" title="Bolandiol dipropionate">Bolandiol dipropionate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolandione" title="Bolandione">Bolandione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimethisterone" title="Dimethisterone">Dimethisterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dienedione" title="Dienedione">Dienedione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dienolone" title="Dienolone">Dienolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimethandrolone" title="Dimethandrolone">Dimethandrolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimethandrolone_buciclate" title="Dimethandrolone buciclate">Dimethandrolone buciclate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimethandrolone_dodecylcarbonate" title="Dimethandrolone dodecylcarbonate">Dimethandrolone dodecylcarbonate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimethandrolone_undecanoate" title="Dimethandrolone undecanoate">Dimethandrolone undecanoate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimethyldienolone" title="Dimethyldienolone">Dimethyldienolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimethyltrienolone" title="Dimethyltrienolone">Dimethyltrienolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethyldienolone" title="Ethyldienolone">Ethyldienolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethylestrenol" title="Ethylestrenol">Ethylestrenol (ethylnandrol)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methyldienolone" title="Methyldienolone">Methyldienolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metribolone" title="Metribolone">Metribolone (R-1881)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methoxydienone" title="Methoxydienone">Methoxydienone (methoxygonadiene)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mibolerone" title="Mibolerone">Mibolerone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandrolone" title="Nandrolone">Nandrolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandrolone_ester" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandrolone ester">Nandrolone esters</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Nandrolone_decanoate" title="Nandrolone decanoate">nandrolone decanoate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandrolone_phenylpropionate" title="Nandrolone phenylpropionate">nandrolone phenylpropionate</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norethandrolone" title="Norethandrolone">Norethandrolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normethandrone" title="Normethandrone">Normethandrone (methylestrenolone, normethandrolone, normethisterone)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RU-2309" title="RU-2309">RU-2309</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrahydrogestrinone" title="Tetrahydrogestrinone">Tetrahydrogestrinone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenbolone" title="Trenbolone">Trenbolone (trienolone)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenbolone_ester" class="mw-redirect" title="Trenbolone ester">Trenbolone esters</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Trenbolone_acetate" title="Trenbolone acetate">trenbolone acetate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trenbolone_enanthate" title="Trenbolone enanthate">trenbolone enanthate</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trendione" title="Trendione">Trendione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trestolone" title="Trestolone">Trestolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trestolone_acetate" title="Trestolone acetate">Trestolone acetate</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Spirolactone derivatives:</i> <a href="/wiki/Canrenoic_acid" title="Canrenoic acid">Canrenoic acid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canrenone" title="Canrenone">Canrenone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drospirenone" title="Drospirenone">Drospirenone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mespirenone" title="Mespirenone">Mespirenone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potassium_canrenoate" title="Potassium canrenoate">Potassium canrenoate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prorenone" title="Prorenone">Prorenone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SC-5233" title="SC-5233">SC-5233 (spirolactone)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SC-8109" title="SC-8109">SC-8109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spironolactone" title="Spironolactone">Spironolactone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirorenone" title="Spirorenone">Spirorenone</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Nonsteroidal:</i> <a href="/wiki/3,8-Dihydrodiligustilide" title="3,8-Dihydrodiligustilide">3,8-Dihydrodiligustilide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LG-2527" title="LG-2527">LG-2527</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LG-100128&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LG-100128 (page does not exist)">LG-100128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riligustilide" title="Riligustilide">Riligustilide</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RWJ-26819&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RWJ-26819 (page does not exist)">RWJ-26819</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RWJ-49853&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RWJ-49853 (page does not exist)">RWJ-49853</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RWJ-60130&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RWJ-60130 (page does not exist)">RWJ-60130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanaproget" title="Tanaproget">Tanaproget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZM-182345" title="ZM-182345">ZM-182345</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Unknown:</i> <a href="/wiki/ORG-47241" title="ORG-47241">ORG-47241</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORG-201745" title="ORG-201745">ORG-201745</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;;text-align:center">Mixed<br />(<a href="/wiki/Selective_progesterone_receptor_modulators" class="mw-redirect" title="Selective progesterone receptor modulators"><abbr title="Selective progesterone receptor modulators">SPRMs</abbr></a><span class="sr-only" style="border: 0; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); clip-path: polygon(0px 0px, 0px 0px, 0px 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 1px; white-space: nowrap;">Tooltip Selective progesterone receptor modulators</span>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Steroidal:</i> <a href="/wiki/Dihydroethisterone" class="mw-redirect" title="Dihydroethisterone">Dihydroethisterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5%CE%B1-Dihydrolevonorgestrel" title="5α-Dihydrolevonorgestrel">5α-Dihydrolevonorgestrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5%CE%B1-Dihydronorethisterone" title="5α-Dihydronorethisterone">5α-Dihydronorethisterone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asoprisnil" title="Asoprisnil">Asoprisnil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asoprisnil_ecamate" title="Asoprisnil ecamate">Asoprisnil ecamate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guggulsterone" title="Guggulsterone">Guggulsterone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=J1042&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="J1042 (page does not exist)">J1042</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LG-120838&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LG-120838 (page does not exist)">LG-120838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metapristone" title="Metapristone">Metapristone (RU-42633)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mifepristone" title="Mifepristone">Mifepristone (RU-486)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ORF-9371&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ORF-9371 (page does not exist)">ORF-9371</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORF-9326" class="mw-redirect" title="ORF-9326">ORF-9326</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ORG-31710&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ORG-31710 (page does not exist)">ORG-31710</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ORG-33628&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ORG-33628 (page does not exist)">ORG-33628</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RMI-12936&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RMI-12936 (page does not exist)">RMI-12936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telapristone" title="Telapristone">Telapristone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulipristal_acetate" title="Ulipristal acetate">Ulipristal acetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilaprisan" title="Vilaprisan">Vilaprisan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ZK-137316&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ZK-137316 (page does not exist)">ZK-137316</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Nonsteroidal:</i> <a href="/wiki/Apigenin" title="Apigenin">Apigenin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaempferol" title="Kaempferol">Kaempferol</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LG-120920&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LG-120920 (page does not exist)">LG-120920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naringenin" title="Naringenin">Naringenin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=PRA-910&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PRA-910 (page does not exist)">PRA-910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syringic_acid" title="Syringic acid">Syringic acid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;;text-align:center">Antagonists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Steroidal:</i> <a href="/wiki/Aglepristone" title="Aglepristone">Aglepristone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilopristone" title="Lilopristone">Lilopristone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonaprisan" title="Lonaprisan">Lonaprisan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onapristone" title="Onapristone">Onapristone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ORG-31710&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ORG-31710 (page does not exist)">ORG-31710</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ORG-31806&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ORG-31806 (page does not exist)">ORG-31806</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ORG-33628&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ORG-33628 (page does not exist)">ORG-33628</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RTI_3021%E2%80%93022&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RTI 3021–022 (page does not exist)">RTI 3021–022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toripristone" title="Toripristone">Toripristone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanoterone" title="Zanoterone">Zanoterone</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Nonsteroidal:</i> <a href="/wiki/Darolutamide" title="Darolutamide">Darolutamide</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LG-001447&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LG-001447 (page does not exist)">LG-001447</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LG-100127&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LG-100127 (page does not exist)">LG-100127</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LG-100128&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LG-100128 (page does not exist)">LG-100128</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LG-120830&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LG-120830 (page does not exist)">LG-120830</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LG-121046&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LG-121046 (page does not exist)">LG-121046</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valproic_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Valproic acid">Valproic acid</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ZM-150271&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ZM-150271 (page does not exist)">ZM-150271</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ZM-172406&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ZM-172406 (page does not exist)">ZM-172406</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Membrane_progesterone_receptor" title="Membrane progesterone receptor"><abbr title="Membrane progesterone receptor">mPR</abbr></a><span class="sr-only" style="border: 0; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); clip-path: polygon(0px 0px, 0px 0px, 0px 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: 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