Levonorgestrel description

CAS: 797-63-7
Molecular Formula: C21H28O2
Molecular weight:312.45
Levonorgestrel is a constructed progestin hormone that operates both as a bearing ascendancy accessory and articulate medication used by women searching to abstain pregnancy. It can aswell be used as an emergency contraceptive that works abnormally than consistently taken forms of bearing control. The biologic operates primarily by preventing ovulation, or the absolution of an egg, during a woman’s menstrual cycle. Levonorgestrel aswell thickens vaginal fluids in adjustment to anticipate agent from extensive the egg, as able-bodied as alters the lining of the uterus to anticipate the adapter of a fertilized egg. The biologic may be taken as a bolus or appear through an intrauterine accessory (IUD) such as Mirena.