Active ingredientNorgestrelCat. No. P-N094-001CAS 6533-00-2Family · Pharmaceutical analytical standards
Norgestrel
A synthetic progestin used in the contraceptive pill, synthesised in the early 1960s by chemist Herchel Smith and colleagues and launched in 1966 in Germany, combined with ethinylestradiol. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities and metabolites.
Did you know?It is a mixture of two mirror-image forms and only one, levonorgestrel, is active. In 2023 it became the first daily contraceptive pill approved for sale without a prescription in the United States.
Go to the active ingredient →Active ingredientNorgestrelCat. No. P-N094-001CAS 6533-00-2
MetaboliteNorgestrel Sulfate Sodium SaltCat. No. P-N094-002
Pharmacopoeial impurityNorgestrel EP Impurity HCat. No. P-N094-003CAS 20402-55-5
Pharmacopoeial impurityNorgestrel EP Impurity ACat. No. P-N094-006CAS 110785-09-6No product matches your search.
EDQM standards 3
The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.
Reference substanceNorgestrel CRSEDQM code N1250000Family NorgestrelImpurityNorgestrel impurity H CRSEDQM code Y0002438Family NorgestrelNeed a molecule you cannot find?
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