Norethindrone

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Molecule Structure

Scientific Name

Norethindrone

Description of the Drug

Norethisterone is a synthetic second-generation progestin used for contraception, prevention of endometrial hyperplasia in hormone replacement therapy, and in the treatment of other hormone-mediated illnesses such as endometriosis.

Source: DrugBank Online – DrugBank.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10 from
http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB00717

Brand Name(s)

Aygestin, Camila, Errin, Heather, Incassia, Jencycla, Menzol, Micronor, Micronor hrt, Norethidrone, Norethindrone, Noriday, Norlutin, Nor-qd, Primolut n, Utovlan

Company Owner(s)

Glenmark Generics Limited, Watson Laboratories Inc, Naari Pte Ltd, Amneal Pharmaceuticals Of New York Llc, Allergan Sales Llc, Actavis Laboratories Ut Inc, Vintage Pharmaceuticals Llc, Lpi Holdings Inc, Warner Chilcott Co Llc, Warner Chilcott Inc

Mechanism(s) Of Action

Target Name Target Type Action Type Target ChEMBL ID
Progesterone receptor SINGLE PROTEIN AGONIST CHEMBL208

Unichem Links

SureChEMBL SCHEMBL23390
PharmGKB PA450651
Human Metabolome Database HMDB0014855
DrugBank DB00717
PubChem: Thomson Pharma 14873691 14873694
PubChem 6230
Mcule MCULE-9156628994
LINCS LSM-4061
Nikkaji J1.416H
PDBe NDR
BindingDB 50148732
EPA CompTox Dashboard DTXSID9023380
LipidMaps LMST02030097
DrugCentral 1962
ChemicalBook CB0455127
Guide to Pharmacology 2880
rxnorm NORETHINDRONE COMBIPATCH FEMHRT
KEGG Ligand C05028
ChEBI 7627
ZINC ZINC000085205451