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Norethindrone

炔諾酮

Mechanism of action:

Norethindrone 是一種合成黃體素(synthetic progestin),為 19-去甲睪酮(19-nortestosterone)衍生物。Norethindrone 透過負回饋作用抑制下視丘-腦下垂體-性腺軸(hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis),降低黃體成長激素(LH)峰值的產生,使卵泡無法正常破裂,從而抑制或延遲排卵。Norethindrone 也會使子宮頸黏液變得濃稠,阻礙精子通過子宮頸進入子宮腔,降低受精可能性。此外,norethindrone 能使子宮內膜維持在較薄、非增生狀態,即使受精發生,也不利於胚胎著床。

​Reference(s):

1. Stanczyk FZ et al. (1990). Metabolism of levonorgestrel, norethindrone, and structurally related contraceptive steroids. Contraception. 


2. Frohlich M et al. (2004). In vitro and ex vivo evidence for modulation of P-glycoprotein activity by progestins. Biochem Pharmacol.

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