Sedative and hypnotic effects of oral administration of micronized progesterone may be mediated through its metabolites

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 1203-1209

  Arafat, ElSayed S ^a   Hargrove, Joel T ^b   Maxson, Wayne S ^c   Desiderio, Dominic M ^d   Wentz, Anne Colston ^b   Andersen, Richard N ^e  

^a RUST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c the Northwest Center for Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology Margate ^*  (United States)

^d Charles B Stout Neuroscience Mass Spectrometry Laboratory Memphis ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia; hypnotic; metabolites; Progesterone; sedative

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; PROGESTERONE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLITE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDDLE AGE; POWDERS; PROGESTERONE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, MASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024240159     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(88)90448-6     Document Type: Article

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