Hydromadinone acetate explained

Hydromadinone acetate (developmental code name NSC-33170), also known as chloroacetoxyprogesterone (CAP), as well as 6α-chloro-17α-acetoxyprogesterone or 6α-chloro-17α-acetoxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, is a steroidal progestin of the 17α-hydroxyprogesterone group that was never marketed.^{[1] [2]} It is the C17α acetate ester of hydromadinone, which, similarly, was never marketed.

See also

• List of progestogens
• List of progestogen esters

Notes and References

1. Book: Elks J . The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies. 14 November 2014. Springer. 978-1-4757-2085-3. 255–.
2. Book: Negwer M, Scharnow H . Organic-chemical drugs and their synonyms: (an international survey). 2001. Wiley-VCH. 978-3-527-30247-5. 3723.