Altrenogest

Altrenogest, sold under the brand names Swinemate and Altren manufactured by Aurora Pharmaceutical and Regumate manufactured by Merck, is a progestin of the 19-nortestosterone group which is widely used in veterinary medicine to suppress or synchronize estrus in horses and pigs. It is available for veterinary use in both Europe (as Regumate) and the United States (as Matrix).

Altrenogest
Clinical data
Trade namesRegumate, Matrix
Other namesAllyltrenbolone; Allyltrienolone; RU-2267; RH-2267; A-35957; A-41300; 17α-Allylestra-4,9,11-trien-17β-ol-3-one; 17α-Allyl-19-nor-δ9,11-testosterone
Routes of
administration
By mouth
Drug classProgestogen; Progestin
ATCvet code
Legal status
Legal status
  • CA: ℞-only
Identifiers
  • (8S,13S,14S,17R)-17-Hydroxy-13-methyl-17-prop-2-enyl-1,2,6,7,8,14,15,16-octahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
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UNII
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ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.011.549
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC21H26O2
Molar mass310.437 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • C[C@]12C=CC3=C4CCC(=O)C=C4CC[C@H]3[C@@H]1CC[C@]2(CC=C)O
  • InChI=1S/C21H26O2/c1-3-10-21(23)12-9-19-18-6-4-14-13-15(22)5-7-16(14)17(18)8-11-20(19,21)2/h3,8,11,13,18-19,23H,1,4-7,9-10,12H2,2H3/t18-,19+,20+,21+/m1/s1
  • Key:VWAUPFMBXBWEQY-ANULTFPQSA-N
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