Triphenyliodoethylene (TPIE), also known as iodotriphenylethylene or as phenylstilbene iodide, as well as triphenylvinyl iodide, is a
synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen
A nonsteroidal estrogen is an estrogen with a nonsteroidal chemical structure. The most well-known example is the stilbestrol estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES). Although nonsteroidal estrogens formerly had an important place in medicine, they hav ...
of the
triphenylethylene
Triphenylethylene (TPE) is a simple aromatic hydrocarbon that possesses weak estrogenic activity. Its estrogenic effects were discovered in 1937. TPE was derived from structural modification of the more potent estrogen diethylstilbestrol, which is ...
group that is related to
triphenylchloroethylene and
triphenylbromoethylene and was never marketed.
See also
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Broparestrol
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Chlorotrianisene
Chlorotrianisene (CTA), also known as tri-''p''-anisylchloroethylene (TACE) and sold under the brand name Tace among others, is a nonsteroidal estrogen related to diethylstilbestrol (DES) which was previously used in the treatment of menopausal s ...
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Estrobin
Estrobin, also known as α,α-di(''p''-ethoxyphenyl)-β-phenylbromoethylene and commonly abbreviated as DBE, is a Organic compound#Synthetic compounds, synthetic, nonsteroidal estrogen of the triphenylethylene group that was never marketed. Chlor ...
References
Abandoned drugs
Organoiodides
Synthetic estrogens
Triphenylethylenes
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