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Dydrogesterone impurity B

European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard

Synonym(s):

Pregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C21H28O2
CAS Number:
1162-56-7
Molecular Weight:
312.45
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

pharmaceutical primary standard

API family

dydrogesterone

manufacturer/tradename

EDQM

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

InChI

1S/C21H28O2/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/h4-5,12,16-19H,6-11H2,1-3H3/t16-,17+,18-,19-,20-,21+/m0/s1

InChI key

JGMOKGBVKVMRFX-LEKSSAKUSA-N

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General description

This product is provided as delivered and specified by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. All information provided in support of this product, including SDS and any product information leaflets have been developed and issued under the Authority of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.For further information and support please go to the website of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.

Application

Dydrogesterone impurity B EP Reference standard, intended for use in laboratory tests only as specifically prescribed in the European Pharmacopoeia.

Packaging

The product is delivered as supplied by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. For the current unit quantity, please visit the EDQM reference substance catalogue.

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Tea Lanišnik Rižner et al.
Steroids, 76(6), 607-615 (2011-03-08)
Dydrogesterone is widely used for menstrual disorders, endometriosis, threatened and habitual abortion and postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy. Although progestins have a promiscuous nature, dydrogesterone does not have clinically relevant androgenic, estrogenic, glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid activities. To date, systematic biochemical characterization
Marta Borowiecka et al.
Journal of women's health (2002), 19(12), 2267-2270 (2010-11-09)
Oral hormone therapy (HT) and menopausal age are both prothrombotic risk factors. The aim of our study was to compare the hemostatic parameters in plasma of postmenopausal women after 6 months of oral HT with parameters of control (without treatment)
Julia Maria Naumann et al.
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 165(1), 190-203 (2011-04-16)
The human sex hormone progesterone plays an essential and complex role in a number of physiological processes. Progesterone deficiency is associated with menstrual disorders and infertility as well as premature birth and abortion. For progesterone replacement therapy, the synthetic progestogen
Howard Carp
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology, 28(12), 983-990 (2012-07-17)
The objective of this systematic review was to assess whether the orally acting progestagen, dydrogesterone lowers the incidence of miscarriage in women with threatened miscarriage. A computerized search was performed in Medline, Embase, and Ovid Medline for original reports with
M V Suknovalova et al.
Eksperimental'naia i klinicheskaia farmakologiia, 76(7), 24-26 (2013-09-07)
It has been shown that specific binding of dydrogesterone with progesterone receptors in blood mononuclear cells of the patients included in the programs of in vitro fertilization, varies from 0 to 298%, thus at 38% of women dydrogesterone concedes to
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