''meso''-Butestrol (developmental code name SC-3402), also known as 2,3-''bis''(4-hydroxyphenyl)butane, is a
synthetic Synthetic things are composed of multiple parts, often with the implication that they are artificial. In particular, 'synthetic' may refer to:
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nonsteroidal estrogen which was never marketed.
It is a so-called "short-acting" or "impeded" estrogen.
''meso''-Butestrol is
structurally related to
diethylstilbestrol and other
stilbestrols.
The fully
potent counterpart to ''meso''-butestrol is
''meso''-hexestrol, analogously to the relationship of
dimethylstilbestrol
Dimethylstilbestrol (DMS) is a nonsteroidal estrogen of the stilbestrol group related to diethylstilbestrol which was never marketed. It is a so-called "weak", "impeded", or "short-acting" estrogen similarly to estriol and ''meso''-butoestrol. ...
to diethylstilbestrol.
See also
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Butestrol
Butestrol, or racemic butestrol (''rac''-butestrol) is a synthetic Synthetic things are composed of multiple parts, often with the implication that they are artificial. In particular, 'synthetic' may refer to:
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* Synthetic chemical or ...
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Abandoned drugs
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Synthetic estrogens
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