Table 3 |
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Comparison of the biological activities of progesterone and drospirenone with other progestogens (28) |
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Progestogens |
Biological activities |
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|
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Progestogenic |
Androgenic |
Anti-androgenic |
Anti-aldosterone |
Glucocorticoid |
|
|
|
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|
Progesterone |
+ |
- |
± |
+ |
- |
|
|
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|
Drospirenone |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
|
|
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|
Cyproterone acetate |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
± |
|
|
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|
Dienogest |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
|
|
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|
Levonorgestrel |
+ |
± |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
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|
Medroxyprogesterone acetate |
+ |
± |
- |
- |
± |
|
|
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|
Norethisterone |
+ |
± |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
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|
Trimegestone |
+ |
- |
± |
± |
- |
|
|
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|
Norgestimate |
+ |
± |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
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|
Clinically relevant activity (+); activity not clinically relevant (±); no activity (-) |
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Palacios BMC Women's Health 2008 8:22 doi:10.1186/1472-6874-8-22 |
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