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Ethinyl Estradiol

"Ethinyl Estradiol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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Bar chart showing 4 publications over 4 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2009 and 2010 and 2011 and 2019
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