Doisynoestrol (brand names Fenocyclin, Surestrine, Surestryl; former developmental code name RS-2874), also known as fenocycline, as well as ''cis''-bisdehydrodoisynolic acid 7-methyl ether (BDDA ME), is a
synthetic
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* Synthetic biology
* Synthetic chemical or compound, produced by the process of chemical synthesis
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nonsteroidal estrogen
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of the
doisynolic acid
Doisynolic acid is a synthetic, orally active, nonsteroidal estrogen that was never marketed. The reaction of estradiol or estrone with potassium hydroxide, a strong base, results in doisynolic acid as a degradation product, which retains high e ...
group that is no longer marketed.
It is a
methyl
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ether
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of
bisdehydrodoisynolic acid.
Doisynoestrol was described in the literature in 1945.
It has about 0.02% of the
relative binding affinity
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of
estradiol
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for the
estrogen receptor
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.
See also
*
Allenolic acid
*
Carbestrol
*
Methallenestril
*
Fenestrel
References
Abandoned drugs
Carboxylic acids
Phenanthrenes
Synthetic estrogens
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