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Equilenin

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CAS Number
  
517-09-9

DrugBank
  
DB03515

KEGG
  
C14303

Molar mass
  
266.339 g/mol

PubChem CID
  
444865

ChemSpider
  
392668

ChEMBL
  
CHEMBL225546

CAS ID
  
517-09-9

Equilenin

Medical vocabulary what does equilenin mean


Equilenin, also known as 6,8-didehydroestrone, as well as estra-1,3,5(10),6,8-pentaen-3-ol-17-one, is an estrogenic steroid hormone obtained from the urine of pregnant mares. It is used as one of the components in Premarin. It was the first complex natural product to be successfully, fully synthesized in 1940 by Alfred L. Wilds.

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