DU-41164
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| Other names | 1,2β-Methylene-6-fluoro-17α-acetoxy-δ6-retroprogesterone; 6-Fluoro-17α-hydroxy-1,2β-methylene-9β,10α-pregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione 17α-acetate; 6-Fluoro-1,2β-methylene-3,20-dioxo-9β,10α-pregna-4,6-dien-17α-yl acetate; (1α,2α,9β,10α)-17-Acetoxy-6-fluoro-1,2-dihydro-3'H-cyclopropa[1,2]pregna-1,4,6-triene-3,20-dione |
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By mouth |
| Drug class | Progestin; Progestogen |
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| Formula | C24H29FO4 |
| Molar mass | 400.490 g·mol−1 |
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DU-41164, also known as 1,2β-methylene-6-fluoro-17α-acetoxy-δ6-retroprogesterone, is a progestin which was developed by Philips-Duphar in the 1970s and was never marketed. It is a combined derivative of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone and retroprogesterone. The drug shows extremely high potency as a progestogen in animals; it was reported to possess 500 times the affinity of progesterone for the progesterone receptor expressed in rabbit uterus (Ki = 0.87 pM and 0.41 nM, respectively), and showed 600 times the progestogenic potency of subcutaneous progesterone when given orally in animals. The affinity of DU-41164 for the progesterone receptor was described in 1974 as "probably the highest reported for any steroid-receptor interaction". The drug showed no androgenic, anabolic, antiandrogenic, estrogenic, or corticosteroid activity in animals. Although highly potent in animals, DU-41164 produced little or no progestogenic effect at dosages of 50 and 200 µg/day in women, suggesting major species differences. A closely related compound, DU-41165, has been developed as a photoaffinity label for the progesterone receptor.