Hormone
melengestrol acetate
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Definitions related to melengestrol acetate:
  • A 6-methyl PROGESTERONE acetate with reported glucocorticoid activity and effect on ESTRUS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A progestogen-like compound used as a cattle feed additive for its growth promoting effects and suppression of estrus (heat) in heifers. Critics have claimed that hormones used as growth promotants in cattle may cause breast cancer. (NCI)
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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