progesterone
A C21-steroid hormone in which a pregnane skeleton carries oxo substituents at positions 3 and 20 and is unsaturated at C(4)-C(5). As a hormone, it is involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy and embryogenesis of humans and other species.
Term info
progesterone
- PROGESTERONE
- Progesterone
- pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione
- progesterone
3_STAR
0
C21H30O2
CHEBI:14896, CHEBI:18798, CHEBI:26269, CHEBI:45786, CHEBI:8453, CHEBI:439
chebi_ontology
luteohormone, corpus luteum hormone, Agolutin, Gelbkoerperhormon, (S)-4-Pregnene-3,20-dione, (S)-Progesterone, Progesteron, 17alpha-progesterone, Crinone, 4-Pregnene-3,20-dione, Delta(4)-pregnene-3,20-dione, (S)-Pregn-4-en-3,20-dione, Akrolutin
CHEBI:17026
InChI=1S/C21H30O2/c1-13(22)17-6-7-18-16-5-4-14-12-15(23)8-10-20(14,2)19(16)9-11-21(17,18)3/h12,16-19H,4-11H2,1-3H3/t16-,17+,18-,19-,20-,21+/m0/s1
RJKFOVLPORLFTN-LEKSSAKUSA-N
314.46170
314.22458
[H][C@@]12CCC3=CC(=O)CC[C@]3(C)[C@@]1([H])CC[C@]1(C)[C@H](CC[C@@]21[H])C(C)=O
Term relations
- C21-steroid hormone
- 20-oxo steroid
- 3-oxo-Delta(4) steroid
- has parent hydride some pregnane
- has role some mouse metabolite
- has role some human metabolite
- has role some progesterone receptor agonist
- has role some contraceptive drug
- has role some progestin