CAS NO.: 57-83-0

MOLECULAR FORMULA: C21H30O2

DESCRIPTION:

PROGESTERONE IS AN ENDOGENOUS STEROID HORMONE INVOLVED IN THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE, PREGNANCY, AND EMBRYOGENESIS OF HUMANS AND OTHER SPECIES. IT BELONGS TO A GROUP OF STEROID HORMONES CALLED THE PROGESTOGENS, AND IS THE MAJOR PROGESTOGEN IN THE BODY. PROGESTERONE IS ALSO A CRUCIAL METABOLIC INTERMEDIATE IN THE PRODUCTION OF OTHER ENDOGENOUS STEROIDS, INCLUDING THE SEX HORMONES AND THE CORTICOSTEROIDS, AND PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN BRAIN FUNCTION AS A NEUROSTEROID.