Rat Progesterone, PROG ELI

Progesterone (P4) is an endogenous steroid and progestogen sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis of humans and other species.

It belongs to a group of steroid hormones called the progestogens, and is the major progestogen in the body.

Progesterone has a variety of important functions in the body.

It is also a crucial metabolic intermediate in the production of other endogenous steroids, including the sex hormones and the corticosteroids, and plays an important role in brain function as a neurosteroid.