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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Estranes > Estrenes > Estrone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Gonadal Steroid Hormones > Estradiol Congeners > Estrone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Adrenal Cortex Hormones > 17-Ketosteroids > Estrone
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Ketosteroids > 17-Ketosteroids > Estrone

Preferred term

Estrone  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An aromatized C18 steroid with a 3-hydroxyl group and a 17-ketone, a major mammalian estrogen. It is converted from ANDROSTENEDIONE directly, or from TESTOSTERONE via ESTRADIOL. In humans, it is produced primarily by the cyclic ovaries, PLACENTA, and the ADIPOSE TISSUE of men and postmenopausal women.

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Entry terms

  • 1225-03-2 ((9 beta)-isomer)
  • 2DI9HA706A
  • 4680-83-5 ((+-)-isomer)
  • 517-06-6 ((8 alpha)-isomer)
  • 53-16-7 (Estrone)
  • Estra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one, 3-hydroxy-

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  • Oestrone

    French

  • 1225-03-2 ((9 beta)-isomer)
  • 2DI9HA706A
  • 4680-83-5 ((+-)-isomer)
  • 517-06-6 ((8 alpha)-isomer)
  • 53-16-7 (Estrone)
  • Estra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one, 3-hydroxy-
  • Estrone

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JM4JKTJ0-W

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