Phenestrol, or fenestrol, also known as hexestrol bis
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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 and cytostatic antineoplastic agent (i.e., chemotherapy drug) and a chlorine, chlorphenyl group, phenacyl group, acyl nitrogen mustard ester of hexestrol which was developed in the early 1960s for the treatment of
s but was never marketed.
Abandoned drugs
Antineoplastic drugs
Carboxylate esters
Estrogen esters
Hormonal antineoplastic drugs
Nitrogen mustards
Phenols
Synthetic estrogens