Progesterone and 5α-Pregnane-3,20-Dione in Peripheral Blood of Normal Young Women. Daily Measurements Throughout the Menstrual Cycle

The peripheral plasma concentrations of progesterone and 5α-pregnane-3,20-dione were measured daily throughout the ovarian cycle of five presumptively ovulatory women. The concentrations of progesterone and 5α-pregnane-3,20-dione during the follicular phase were 0.11 ± 0.02 ng/mI (mean ± se) and 0.16 ± 0.01 ng/mI, respectively. In four of these women the concentrations of both progesterone and 5α-pregnane-3,20-dione began to rise immediately after the luteinizing hormone (LH) peak and reached maximal concentrations five to eight days later (progesterone: 8.6 to 19.9 ng/mI; 5α-pregnane-3,20-dione: 1.4 to 2.8 ng/mI). The luteal phases in these women, measured from the day of the LH peak to the onset of the next menses, varied from 13 to 18 days. In the other woman with a late LH surge (day 27 of the cycle) the peak concentrations of progesterone and 5α-pregnane-3,20-dione were reached four days after the LH peak (8.9 ng/mI and 0.8 ng/mI, respectively). The luteal phase in this woman was 11 days. From the re...

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