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Mestranol

Known as: Ethinyl Estradiol 3 Methyl Ether, Mestranol [Chemical/Ingredient], Ethinyl Estradiol 3-Methyl Ether 
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… 
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2-hydroxymestranol4-hydroxymestranolInfecundinNoracycline
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EstrogensEthinyl Estradiol

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The effects of some ovulation inhibitors on the different plasma lipid fractions.
Plasma lipids were analyzed in 24 women taking Anovlar (.05 mg ethinyl estradiol and 4 mg norethisterone acetate combined Ovulen… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The oestrogenic potency of various contraceptive steroids as determined by their effects on transcortin-binding capacity.
Various contraceptive steroids were analyzed for their estrogenic potency in the human using changes in the cortisol-binding… 
Review
1974
Review
1974
Metabolism of synthetic steroids by animals and man.
Metabolism and route of excretion of natural and synthetic estrogens and progestins in women animals and in vitro are reviewed in… 
1972
1972
The accumulation of mestranol and ethynyloestradiol metabolites in the organism.
  • H. M. BoltHerbert Remmer
  • Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in…
  • 1972
  • Corpus ID: 29568363
1. Following a single intravenous administration of [6,7–3H]ethynyloestradiol and [6,7–3H]mestranol to female rats, 55% of the… 
1972
1972
Retention, metabolism and elimination of 17alpha-ethynyl-estradiol-3-methyl ether (mestranol).
  • H. BoltH. Remmer
  • Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in…
  • 1972
  • Corpus ID: 31056045
1. Following the intravenous administration of [4-14C]mestranol (34 μg/kg) to female rats, 44.9 and 3.3% of the dose of… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Serum gonadotropin responses to estrogen and progestogen in recently castrated human females.
ABSTRACT Serum FSH and LH levels were studied in 3 females recently oophorectomized while in the reproductive age and the… 
1970
1970
Cutaneous eruptions and in vitro lymphocyte hypersensitivity. Associated with oral contraceptives and mestranol.
Two patients who developed cutaneous reactions while taking contraceptive hormones are described. In both of these patients the… 
1970
1970
Platelet Adhesiveness, Aggregation and Fibrinolysis after the Oral Administration of the Contraceptive “Lyndiol”
Summary The adhesiveness and aggregation of platelets in plasma of women treated with “Lyndiol”, an anticonceptive agent, were… 
1968
1968
Liver dysfunction with mestranol but not with norethynodrel in a patient with Enovid-induced jaundice.
A 20-year-old woman with Enovid-induced jaundice was challenged with .16 mg/day mestranol the estrogen component. After 5 days… 
1968
1968
Comparative study of a new fluorometric assay mestranol ether in tablets with GLC and colorimetric assays.
Mestranol (17 α -ethinylestradiol-3-methyl ether) has been found to react with methanol-sulfuric acid mixture of a critical…