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Patent Granted Progesterone (pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione; abbreviated as P4) is an endogenous steroid hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis of humans and other species.[1] It belongs to a group of steroid hormones called the progestogens,[1] and is the major progestogen in the body.