proestrogen

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proestrogen /pro·es·tro·gen/ (-es´trah-jen) a substance without estrogenic activity but able to be metabolized in the body to active estrogen.

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A precursor of estrogen that becomes an active hormone only after it has been metabolized.

proestrogen [pro-es´tro-jen]

a substance without estrogenic activity but which is metabolized in the body to active estrogen.

proestrogen

a substance without estrogenic activity but which is metabolized in the body to active estrogen.

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No references found			Further, methoxychlor, trans-stilbene, benzophenone, and benzo[a]pyrene are proestrogens that require metabolic activation by liver microsomal mixed-function oxidase in animals (Charles et al. Antiandrogenic activity and metabolism of the organophosphorus ... by Fujimoto, Nariaki / Environmental Health Perspectives Further, methoxychlor is a proestrogen that requires demethylation by liver microsomal mixed function oxidase in animals before eliciting estrogenic activity (Kupfer and Bulger 1987; Stresser and Kupfer 1998). Estrogenic activity of styrene oligomers after metabolic activation ... by Ohta, Shigeru / Environmental Health Perspectives Also, it is unclear to what degree proestrogens may, or may not, be activated to their estrogenic form in cultured cells. Assaying Estrogenicity by Quantitating the Expression Levels of ... by Leffers, Henrik / Environmental Health Perspectives			Prodromal Clues prodromal labor prodromal myopia prodromal phase prodromal rash prodromal stage prodromal symptom prodrome prodrug producer product product endorsement product evaluation product evaluation committee production productive productive cough productivity products of conception products, fission proelastase proencephalus proenzyme proerythroblast proerythrocyte proestrogen proestrus Profenal profession professional professional assistance program professional autonomy professional board professional boundary professional corporation professional courtesy professional ethics professional herbalist professional homeopath professional image professional liability professional misconduct professional network professional organization Professional Patient Professional Standards Review organization Professional Suicide professional touch Professional Voice professionalism professionalized systems			Proeguminal proelastase proelium committere proem proem proem Proembryo proemial proemial proemial proemium Proemptosis Proems Proems Proems proencephalus Proenkephalin Proenomen PROENS proenzyme proenzyme proenzyme proenzymes proenzymes proenzymes proerythroblast proerythroblast proerythroblast of Ferrata proerythrocyte PROES proestrogen proestrus proestrus proestrus Proexaeretodon prof prof prof prof Prof Chalkboard Erasing Algorithm Prof Dr Abdus Salam Prof. Prof. Prof. PROFAC Proface ProFacSA Profalactic Profalactic Profalactic Profalactic profamily Profanate profanation profanation profanation profanations profanations profanations profanatory profanatory

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