单词 | progesterone |
释义 | progesterone [prō`jes·tǝ´rōn] BIOCHEMISTRY C21H30O2 A steroid hormone produced in the corpus luteum, placenta, testes, and adrenals; plays an important physiological role in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and in the maintenance of pregnancy; it is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of androgens, estrogens, and the corticoids. |
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