A 1-cup serving of whole-wheat couscous contains 180 calories. This number accounts for 9 percent of your daily calories when you follow a 2,000-calorie diet. Couscous made from regular flour contains 176 calories per cup.
For the synthetic progestogens with effects similar to progesterone, see progestin. Progesterone (P4) is an endogenous steroid and progestogen sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis of humans and other species. It belongs to a group of steroid hormones called the progestogens, and is the major progestogen in the body.
The term progestin is sometimes used to refer to the progesterone made in the laboratory that is in oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy. However, all progesterone and progestin products are made in the laboratory.