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MeSH Heading: Dimethisterone
Tree Number(s): D04.210.500.745.745.279
Unique ID: D004116
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004116
Scope Note: A synthetic progestational hormone without significant estrogenic or androgenic properties. It was formerly used as the progestational component in SEQUENTIAL ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS .
Entry Term(s): Androst-4-en-3-one, 17-hydroxy-6-methyl-17-(1-propynyl)-, (6alpha,17beta)-; Dimethisterone Monohydrate
Pharm Action: Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic
Related Numbers: 41354-30-7; 79-64-1
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73(65)
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

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