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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210217
© J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Progestagenic and Antigonadotrophic Activities of STS 5571)
1) This work was supported in part by a grant from the World Health Organization.Publikationsverlauf
1982
Publikationsdatum:
17. Juli 2009 (online)
Summary
STS 557 (17α-cyanomethyl-17β-hydroxy-estra-4, 9-dien-3-one) was tested for progestagenic activity in rabbits and for ovulation-inhibiting activities in rabbits and rats in comparison with levonorgestrel and, in some cases, with norethisterone acetate or chlormadinone acetate.
In the immature rabbit, the endometrium transformation-inducing activity of STS 557 was about 5 times higher than levonorgestrel for both oral and subcutaneous administration.
The ovulation-inhibiting effect of STS 557 was 3.5 times higher than that of levonorgestrel in the rabbit after oral administration, and about 7 times higher in the rat. After subcutaneous injection, however, the antiovulatory activity of STS 557 in rats was only about 4% of that of levonorgestrel when the ED 50 were compared.