Nomegestrol

This article is about a non-clinically used progestin compound. For the pharmaceutical drug, see nomegestrol acetate.
Nomegestrol
Clinical data
Other names19-Normegestrol; 6-Methyl-17α-hydroxy-δ6-19-norprogesterone; 17α-Hydroxy-6-methyl-19-norpregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione
ATC code
Identifiers
  • (17α)-17-acetyl-17-hydroxy-6-methylestra-4,6-dien-3-one
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC21H28O3
Molar mass328.452 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/C21H28O3/c1-12-10-18-16(15-5-4-14(23)11-17(12)15)6-8-20(3)19(18)7-9-21(20,24)13(2)22/h10-11,15-16,18-19,24H,4-9H2,1-3H3/t15-,16-,18-,19+,20+,21+/m1/s1
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Nomegestrol (INNTooltip International Nonproprietary Name), also known as 19-normegestrol, is a steroidal progestin which was patented in 1975 but was never marketed.[1][2] It is the parent compound of nomegestrol acetate, which is marketed as a progestin.[1][2]

Nomegestrol shows relatively low affinity for the progesterone receptor, only about 4% of that of progesterone and about 1.6% of that of nomegestrol acetate in one assay.[3]

  1. ^ a b J. Elks (14 November 2014). The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies. Springer. pp. 883–. ISBN 978-1-4757-2085-3.
  2. ^ a b Index Nominum 2000: International Drug Directory. Taylor & Francis. January 2000. pp. 747–. ISBN 978-3-88763-075-1.
  3. ^ Botella J, Duc I, Delansorne R, Paris J, Lahlou B (December 1990). "Structure-activity and structure-affinity relationships of 19-nor-progesterone derivatives in rat uterus". J. Endocrinol. Invest. 13 (11): 905–10. doi:10.1007/BF03349652. PMID 2090671. S2CID 37429648.