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개요Gestodene is a progestogen, recently launched in combination with ethinyl estradiol as an oral contraceptive.Gestodene is a steroid. It has a role as an estrogen.Gestodene, one of three new gonane progestins, is the most potent on a per weight basis in regard to progestational effects and has little or no estrogenic effect. In in vivo animal studies, gestodene also has less androgenic activity compared with progestins found in older combination oral contraceptive formulations.

용도Estrogens and progestins are female hormones. They are produced by the body and are necessary for the normal sexual development of the female and for the regulation of the menstrual cycle during the childbearing years. Gestodene is a progestogen hormonal