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PROGESTERONE
Chemical names: PREGN-4-ENE-3,20-DIONE; DELTA 4-PREGNENE-3,20-DIONE
Synonyms: CORPUS LUTEUM HORMONE; LUTEOHORMONE
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (PRODUCTION AID)
Latest evaluation: 1999
ADI: 0-0.03 mg/kg bw
Comments/MRLs: MRLs: Muscle, liver, kidney and fat (cattle): NOT SPECIFIED
Report: TRS 893-JECFA 52/57
Residues: FNP 41/12-JECFA 52/37
Tox monograph: FAS 43-JECFA 52/43
Previous status: 1987, TRS 763-JECFA 32/19, FNP 41-JECFA 32/18, NOT PREPARED. ADI UNNECESSARY. ACCEPTABLE RESIDUE LEVEL: UNNECESSARY; HORMONE PRODUCED ENDOGENOUSLY AT VARIABLE LEVELS IN HUMAN BEINGS. RESIDUES FROM USE ACCORDING TO GOOD ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICE UNLIKELY TO POSE A HAZARD TO HUMAN HEALTH. AC. MRL
1981, TRS 669-JECFA 25/15
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Progesterone (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 6, 1974)
       Progesterone (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 21, 1979)