Flugestone acetate

Flugestone acetate

Clinical data
Routes of administration	Intravaginal
Identifiers
IUPAC name [(8S,9R,10S,11S,13S,14S,17R)-17-acetyl-9-fluoro-11-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-3-oxo-1,2,6,7,8,11,12,14,15,16-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl] acetate
CAS Number	2529-45-5
PubChem (CID)	10476437
ChemSpider	8651847
UNII	X60881643X
KEGG	D04235
ChEMBL	CHEMBL2106773
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C23H31FO5
Molar mass	406.487643 g/mol
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CC(=O)O[C@@]1(CC[C@H]2[C@@H]3CCC4=CC(=O)CC[C@]4(C)[C@@]3(F)[C@@H](O)C[C@]12C)C(C)=O
InChI InChI=1S/C23H31FO5/c1-13(25)22(29-14(2)26)10-8-17-18-6-5-15-11-16(27)7-9-20(15,3)23(18,24)19(28)12-21(17,22)4/h11,17-19,28H,5-10,12H2,1-4H3/t17-,18-,19-,20-,21-,22-,23-/m0/s1 Key:JKQQZJHNUVDHKP-FQJIPJFPSA-N

Flugestone acetate (FGA) (INN, BAN) (brand names Chronogest, Chrono-Gest, Cronolone, Synchro-Mate, Gyncro-Mate; former developmental code names NSC-65411, SC-9880), or flurogestone acetate (USAN), also known as 17α-acetoxy-9α-fluoro-11β-hydroxyprogesterone, is a steroidal progestin of the 17α-hydroxyprogesterone group that is used in veterinary medicine as an intravaginal sponge preparation to synchronize estrus in ewes and goats.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} It was developed by G.D. Searle & Company in the 1960s.^[7][8]

See also

• Altrenogest
• Medroxyprogesterone
• Melengestrol acetate

References

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5. Robert S. Youngquist; Walter R. Threlfall (23 November 2006). Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 2640–. ISBN 1-4377-1340-8.
6. Virginia P. Studdert; Clive C. Gay; Douglas C. Blood (9 December 2011). Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 2673–. ISBN 0-7020-4744-9.
7. Animal Husbandry Research: Reports on Agricultural Industry. 1967. p. 60.
8. Dairy Science Handbook. Agriservices Foundation. 1971. p. 10.