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Descriptor English: Progesterone
Descriptor Spanish: Progesterona
Descriptor progesterona
Scope note: Principal esteroide progestágeno, que es secretado sobre todo por el CUERPO LÚTEO y la PLACENTA. Actúa sobre el ÚTERO, las GLÁNDULAS MAMARIAS y el ENCÉFALO. Es necesario para la IMPLANTACIÓN DEL EMBRIÓN, el mantenimiento del EMBARAZO y el desarrollo del tejido mamario para la producción de LECHE. La progesterona, convertida desde la PREGNENOLONA, también sirve como intermediario en la biosíntesis de las HORMONAS ESTEROIDES GONADALES y los CORTICOESTEROIDES suprarrenales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Progesterona
Descriptor French: Progestérone
Entry term(s): Pregnenedione
Progesterone, (13 alpha,17 alpha)-(+-)-Isomer
Progesterone, (17 alpha)-Isomer
Progesterone, (9 beta,10 alpha)-Isomer
Tree number(s): D04.210.500.745.745.654.829
D06.472.334.734.623
D06.472.334.851.687.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011374
Scope note: The major progestational steroid that is secreted primarily by the CORPUS LUTEUM and the PLACENTA. Progesterone acts on the UTERUS, the MAMMARY GLANDS and the BRAIN. It is required in EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; PREGNANCY maintenance, and the development of mammary tissue for MILK production. Progesterone, converted from PREGNENOLONE, also serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Progestins
Registry Number: 4G7DS2Q64Y
CAS Type 1 Name: Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione
Related: Receptors, Progesterone MeSH
DeCS ID: 11807
Unique ID: D011374
NLM Classification: WP 530
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Progesterone - Preferred
Concept UI M0017672
Scope note The major progestational steroid that is secreted primarily by the CORPUS LUTEUM and the PLACENTA. Progesterone acts on the UTERUS, the MAMMARY GLANDS and the BRAIN. It is required in EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; PREGNANCY maintenance, and the development of mammary tissue for MILK production. Progesterone, converted from PREGNENOLONE, also serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.
Preferred term Progesterone
Entry term(s) Pregnenedione
Progesterone, (17 alpha)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0329760
Preferred term Progesterone, (17 alpha)-Isomer
Progesterone, (9 beta,10 alpha)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0329761
Preferred term Progesterone, (9 beta,10 alpha)-Isomer
Progesterone, (13 alpha,17 alpha)-(+-)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0329762
Preferred term Progesterone, (13 alpha,17 alpha)-(+-)-Isomer



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