Estrone tetraacetylglucoside explained

Estrone tetraacetylglucoside (brand name Glucovex, Glycovex) is a semisynthetic, steroidal estrogen.[1] It is an estrogen ester, specifically, an ester of estrone. The drug was marketed since at least 1942.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Elks J . The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies. 14 November 2014. Springer. 978-1-4757-2085-3. 900.
  2. Book: Jacobson O . Heredity in breast cancer, a genetic and clinical study of two hundred probands. . Københavns universitet. Institut for human arvebiologi og eugenik . 1947. Munksgaard.. 251.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Estrone tetraacetylglucoside".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.