Chlormethenmadinone acetate explained

Chlormethenmadinone acetate (CMMA), also known as chlorsuperlutin, is a progestin medication which was developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s.^[1] It has been used in combination with mestranol in birth control pills under the brand names Biogest, Sterolibrin, and Antigest B,^{[2] [3]} and in veterinary medicine under the brand name Agelin.^[4] Analogues of CMMA include bromethenmadinone acetate (bromsuperlutin), which was assessed but was never marketed,^[5] and melengestrol acetate (methylsuperlutin), which is used in veterinary medicine.^[6]

See also

• List of progestogen esters § Esters of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone derivatives
• 16-Methylene-17α-hydroxyprogesterone acetate

Notes and References

1. Sterba R . 1968 . New biological application of contraceptive steroids. . Endocrinologia Experimentalis . 2 . 2 . 101–110 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202426/https://www.popline.org/node/469522 . 16 September 2018 .
2. Melich H . [Biogest] ]. cs . Casopis Lekaru Ceskych . 111 . 30 . 694–695 . July 1972 . 5079918 . 2018-09-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202203/https://www.popline.org/node/482986 . 2018-09-16 .
3. Stĕrba R . [Towards a more physiological hormonal contraception] ]. de . Zentralblatt Fur Gynakologie . 92 . 10 . 303–312 . March 1970 . 4096927 . 2018-09-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202323/https://www.popline.org/node/470458 . 2018-09-16 .
4. Bekeová E, Krajnicáková M, Hendrichovský V, Maracek I . [Thyroid and ovarian hormones in ewes treated with gestagens and PMSG in the spring season] ]. sk . Veterinarni Medicina . 40 . 11 . 345–352 . November 1995 . 8659087 . 2018-09-16 . 2018-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202415/https://vetmed.vri.cz/?page=abstracts&detail=321 . dead .
5. Book: Štěrba. R.. Current Problems in Fertility. On the Way to a More Physiological Hormonal Contraception. 1971. 154–158. 10.1007/978-1-4615-8651-7_28. https://www.popline.org/node/480951. 978-1-4615-8653-1. 2018-09-16. 2018-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202608/https://www.popline.org/node/480951. dead.
6. Book: von Kunz W . Über neue Arzneimittel . Denkewalter RG, Tishler M, Ehrhart G, Biel JH, Lum BK, Büchi J, Winter CA, Münzel K, Kunz W, Ariëns EJ, Labhardt F . Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung / Progress in Drug Research / Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSH3BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA407. 8 March 2013. Birkhäuser. 978-3-0348-7059-7. 407–.