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Antiprogestin activity of 5H-progesterone metabolites and their analogues 16α,17α-cyclohexan-5H-pregnan-3,20-diones was tested on rats. Modified pregnancy interruption test showed that 5α (H)-isomers of natural and synthetic hormones exhibit maximum activity.
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Kareva, E.N., Kamernitskii, A.V., Levina, I.S. et al. Antiprogestagen Activity of 5H-Progesterone Metabolites and Their Analogues, 16α,17α-Cyclohexane-5H-Pregnan-3,20-Diones. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine 131, 340–341 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017995917908
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