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Hydroxyprogesterone caproate

CAS 630-56-8

Also registered as 4 other CAS numbers

2247-38-3 · 91037-33-1 · 106111-89-1 · 552314-18-8

Hydroxyprogesterone caproate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hydroxyprogesterone caproate in plain language

What it is

Also known as 17.ALPHA.-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE caproate · 17alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone caproate · 17-((1-Oxohexyl)oxy)pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione · 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate · 17-OHPC · 17.ALPHA.-CAPROYLOXY-P4

Show all 35 names

17P · 3,20-Dioxopregn-4-en-17-yl hexanoate · Hpc · Hydroxyprogesterone hexanoate · Oxiprogesterone caproate · Proge · Teralutil · 17-ALPHA-HYDROXY-PROGESTERONE caproate · 17-HYDROXYPREGN-4-ENE-3,20-DIONE hexanoate · 17-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE caproate · 17.ALPHA.-HYDROXYPREGN-4-ENE-3,20-DIONE hexanoate · 17alpha-Caproyloxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione · 17alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone hexanoate · 3,20-DIOXOPREGN-4-EN-17.ALPHA.-YL caproate · Corlutin L.A. · Delalutin · Depo-proluton · Hormofort · Hylutin · Hexanoic acid, 3,20-dioxopregn-4-en-17-yl ester · Hexanoic acid, ester with 17-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione · Makena · Pharlon · Primolut depot · Procyte depo · Proluton depot · Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 17-((1-oxohexyl)oxy)- · Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 17-hydroxy-, hexanoate · Syngynon

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Hydroxyprogesterone caproate yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Hydroxyprogesterone caproate appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 1 active drug products and 1 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 1 active drug products and 1 total products.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Hydroxyprogesterone caproate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2020-08-31

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2026-12-31

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Reference links (2)
Openfda substance

healthland.time.com

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Openfda substance

clinicaltrials.gov

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often FDA National Drug Code directory has listed Hydroxyprogesterone caproate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

1

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