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 | |
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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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