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MeSH Heading: Ethinyl Estradiol
Tree Number(s): D04.210.500.668.651.568.291; D06.472.334.851.437.968.500
Unique ID: D004997
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004997
Scope Note: A semisynthetic alkylated ESTRADIOL with a 17-alpha-ethinyl substitution. It has high estrogenic potency when administered orally, and is often used as the estrogenic component in ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES.
Entry Term(s): 19-Norpregna-1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol, (17alpha)-; Estinyl; Ethinyl Estradiol Hemihydrate; Ethinyl Estradiol, (8 alpha)-Isomer; Ethinyl Estradiol, (8 alpha,17 alpha)-Isomer; Ethinyl Estradiol, (8 alpha,9 beta,13 alpha,14 beta)-Isomer; Ethinyl Estradiol, (9 beta,17 alpha)-Isomer; Ethinyl-Oestradiol Effik; Ethinylestradiol Jenapharm; Ethinyloestradiol; Ethynyl Estradiol; Lynoral; Microfollin; Microfollin Forte; Progynon C
Pharm Action: Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
Estrogens
Related Numbers: 10453-39-1; 15384-74-4; 4717-38-8; 57-63-6; 61756-80-7; 95463-71-1; 99946-33-5
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

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cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0007862
Related Numbers: 10453-39-1; 15384-74-4; 4717-38-8; 57-63-6; 61756-80-7; 95463-71-1; 99946-33-5
Scope Note: A semisynthetic alkylated ESTRADIOL with a 17-alpha-ethinyl substitution. It has high estrogenic potency when administered orally, and is often used as the estrogenic component in ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES.
Terms: Ethinyl Estradiol Preferred Term
Term UI T015271
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; 19-Norpregna-1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol, (17alpha)-
Term UI T000963306
Date07/08/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Ethynyl Estradiol
Term UI T015272
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Ethinyloestradiol
Term UI T015273
Date06/07/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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