Description
Gestrinoneisasyntheticanti-progestinhormonethatactsasanantagoNISTatestrogenandprogesteronereceptorsandasanagonistatandrogenreceptors.Gestrinoneisprimarilyusedtotreatendometriosisinclinicalsettings;itisalsoinclinicaltrialsforpotentialuseasanemergencycontraceptive.Thiscompoundalsoexhibitssomepotentialanticanceractivityaswell,downregulatingexpressionoftheprogesteronereceptor,estrogenreceptor,andp-Src,inhibitinggrowthofuterineleiomyomacells.
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