Progesterone

Description

Progesterone is an endogenous steroid and progestogen sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis of humans and other species.

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Alternative names

• P4
• Agolutin
• Luteohormone
• Crinone
• Pregn-4-ene-3
• 20-dione

Usage Notes

Primarily used for maturation of oocytes or for driving hormone inducible expression constructs.

References

• NCBI PubChem CID:5994

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