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                                                                Synonyms: l-norgestrel | Norplant®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                levonorgestrel is an approved drug (FDA (1990)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Levonorgestrel is the name for the active isomer in norgestrel, a racemic mixture
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                View more information in the IUPHAR Pharmacology Education Project: levonorgestrel  | 
                                    
                                        
                                         
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                                                                         1. Bergink EW, van Meel F, Turpijn EW, van der Vies J. (1983)
                                         Binding of progestagens to receptor proteins in MCF-7 cells. J Steroid Biochem, 19 (5): 1563-70. [PMID:6645495]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         2. Schindler AE, Campagnoli C, Druckmann R, Huber J, Pasqualini JR, Schweppe KW, Thijssen JH. (2003)
                                         Classification and pharmacology of progestins. Maturitas, 46 Suppl 1: S7-S16. [PMID:14670641]  |