Resorcylic acid lactones are a group of

estrogen Estrogen or oestrogen is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics. There are three major endogenous estrogens that have estrogenic hormonal acti ...

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s. They are

lactone Lactones are cyclic carboxylic esters, containing a 1-oxacycloalkan-2-one structure (), or analogues having unsaturation or heteroatoms replacing one or more carbon atoms of the ring. Lactones are formed by intramolecular esterification of the co ...

s of

resorcylic acid Resorcylic acid is a type of dihydroxybenzoic acid. It may refer to: *3,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid 3,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid (α-resorcylic acid) is a dihydroxybenzoic acid. It is a colorless solid. Preparation and occurrence It is prepared by disu ...

. Examples include the

mycoestrogen Mycoestrogens are xenoestrogens produced by fungi. They are sometimes referred to as mycotoxins. Among important mycoestrogens are zearalenone, zearalenol and zearalanol. Although all of these can be produced by various ''Fusarium'' species, zea ...

s (and synthetic analogues)

zearalenone Zearalenone (ZEN), also known as RAL and F-2 mycotoxin, is a potent estrogenic metabolite produced by some ''Fusarium'' and ''Gibberella'' species. Specifically, the ''Gibberella zeae ,'' the fungal species where zearalenone was initially detected ...

zearalanone Zearalanone (ZAN) is a semi-synthetic mycoestrogen that is a derivative of zearalenone Zearalenone (ZEN), also known as RAL and F-2 mycotoxin, is a potent estrogenic metabolite produced by some ''Fusarium'' and ''Gibberella'' species. Specificall ...

zeranol Zeranol (, , ) (brand names Frideron, Ralabol, Ralgro, Ralone, Zerano; developmental code names MK-188, P-1496), or zearanol, also known as α-zearalanol or simply zearalanol, is a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen of the resorcylic acid lactone R ...

(α-zearalanol),

taleranol Taleranol (International Nonproprietary Name, INN, United States Adopted Name, USAN) (developmental code name P-1560), or teranol, also known as β-zearalanol, is a synthetic compound, synthetic, nonsteroidal estrogen of the resorcylic acid lacto ...

(β-zearalanol),

α-zearalenol α-Zearalenol is a nonsteroidal estrogen of the resorcylic acid lactone group related to mycoestrogens found in ''Fusarium, Fusarium spp''. It is the α epimer of β-zearalenol and along with β-zearalenol is a major metabolite of zearalenone for ...

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β-zearalenol β-Zearalenol is a nonsteroidal estrogen of the resorcylic acid lactone group related to mycoestrogens found in '' Fusarium spp''. It is the β epimer of α-zearalenol and along with α-zearalenol is a major metabolite of zearalenone formed main ...

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