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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Gonadal Steroid Hormones > Estradiol Congeners > Estrogenic Steroids, Alkylated > Ethinyl Estradiol > Mestranol
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Mestranol  

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Entry terms

  • 19-Norpregna-1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yn-17-ol, 3-methoxy-, (17alpha)-
  • Ethinyl Estradiol 3 Methyl Ether
  • Ethinyl Estradiol 3-Methyl Ether

Scope note

  • The 3-methyl ether of ETHINYL ESTRADIOL. It must be demethylated to be biologically active. It is used as the estrogen component of many combination ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES.

History note

  • 65(64)

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