Preferred Name

therapeutic estradiol

Synonyms
Definitions

A steroid sex hormone vital to the maintenance of fertility and secondary sexual characteristics in females. Typically esterified, estradiol derivatives are formulated for oral or parenteral administration. As the primary, most potent estrogen hormone produced by the ovaries, estradiol binds to and activates specific nuclear receptors. Estradiol exhibits mild anabolic and metabolic properties, and increases blood coagulability.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C478

alternate name

therapeutic estradiols

definition

A steroid sex hormone vital to the maintenance of fertility and secondary sexual characteristics in females. Typically esterified, estradiol derivatives are formulated for oral or parenteral administration. As the primary, most potent estrogen hormone produced by the ovaries, estradiol binds to and activates specific nuclear receptors. Estradiol exhibits mild anabolic and metabolic properties, and increases blood coagulability.

derived from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_23965

label

therapeutic estradiol

NCI Thesaurus ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C478

prefixIRI

NCIT:C478

prefLabel

therapeutic estradiol

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C2181

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