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Ethinylestradiol

European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard

Synonym(s):

17α-Ethynylestradiol, 17α-Ethynyl-1,3,5(10)-estratriene-3,17β-diol, 19-Nor-1,3,5(10),17α-pregnatrien-20-yne-3,17-diol, Ethinylestradiol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H24O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
296.40
Beilstein:
2419975
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

pharmaceutical primary standard

API family

ethinyl estradiol

manufacturer/tradename

EDQM

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

182-183 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

SMILES string

[H][C@]12CC[C@@]3(C)[C@@]([H])(CC[C@@]3(O)C#C)[C@]1([H])CCc4cc(O)ccc24

InChI

1S/C20H24O2/c1-3-20(22)11-9-18-17-6-4-13-12-14(21)5-7-15(13)16(17)8-10-19(18,20)2/h1,5,7,12,16-18,21-22H,4,6,8-11H2,2H3/t16-,17-,18+,19+,20+/m1/s1

InChI key

BFPYWIDHMRZLRN-SLHNCBLASA-N

Gene Information

human ... ESR1(2099)

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General description

This product is provided as delivered and specified by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. All information provided in support of this product, including SDS and any product information leaflets have been developed and issued under the Authority of the Issuing Pharmacopoeia. For further information and support please go to the website of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.

Application

Ethinylestradiol EP Reference standard, intended for use in laboratory tests only as specifically prescribed in the European Pharmacopoeia.

Packaging

The product is delivered as supplied by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. For the current unit quantity, please visit the EDQM reference substance catalogue.

Other Notes

Sales restrictions may apply.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 2 - Repr. 1A

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible, acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3


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Endocrine reviews, 26(3), 465-478 (2005-04-29)
We have known for many years that estrogen is more than the female hormone. It is essential in the male gonads, and in both sexes, estrogen has functions in the skeleton and central nervous system, on behavior, and in the
Jie Han et al.
Water research, 47(7), 2273-2284 (2013-03-08)
This study demonstrates that ethinylestradiol (EE2), a priority estrogenic contaminant in water, can be rapidly and selectively removed from aqueous solutions using industrial-grade polyamide 612 (PA612) particles as adsorbents. Isothermal studies showed that nonporous low surface area (20 m(2) g(-1)) PA612 particles
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An attempt was made to explain the bone-preserving effect of estrogen by analysis of estrogen receptors (OER) in the calcitonin-producing C-cells of the human thyroid gland. Thyroid tissue from twenty patients with benign hyperthyroidism and three patients with medullary thyroid

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