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oestrogens
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...derived from cholesterol, which are produced mainly in the ovaries and placenta . This group of hormones, which includes oestradiol (the most active female hormone), oestriol, and oestrone, not only promote maturation of the female reproductive system but... Read more
Doisy, Edward Adelbert
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...researched blood buffers, vitamins and metabolism . He also isolated the female sex hormones , oestrone (1929) and oestradiol (1935). Doisy shared the 1943 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with Henrik Dam, for their analysis of vitamin... Read more
freemartins
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...does not produce the same effect. A similar effect in rodents, however, does seem to be due to transfer of testosterone or oestradiol. Freemartin births have sometimes been reported in other mammals, e.g. sheep. This phenomenon of one normal and one sterile... Read more
hormone replacement therapy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...enthusiastically and others being completely dismissive. The three natural oestrogens in women are oestrone (E1), 17-beta-oestradiol (E2), and estriol (E3). Free oestrogens are lipophilic and freely transverse cell membranes , exerting their metabolic effect... Read more

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oestradiol
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing oestradiol (ees-tră- dy -ol) n. the major female sex hormone produced by the ovary. See oestrogen . Read more
oestrogen
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing oestrogen ( ees -trŏ-jĕn) n. one of a group of steroid hormones (including oestriol, oestrone, and oestradiol) that control female sexual development. Oestrogens are synthesized mainly by the ovary; small amounts are also produced by... Read more
aromatase inhibitor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing ...in postmenopausal women. By inhibiting the action of aromatase, an enzyme that promotes the conversion of testosterone to oestradiol, they reduce oestrogen levels. Aromatase inhibitors include anastrazole (Arimidex), exemestane (Aromasin), and letrozole... Read more
hormones, sex
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition hormones, sex Male hormones, or androgens, include testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and androsterone; female hormones include progesterone and the oestrogens (oestradiol and oestrone). Chemically, all are steroids , derived from cholesterol . Read more

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Oral ascorbic acid increases plasma oestradiol during postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review; 8/1/2002; ; 194 words ; ...Koivisto AM, et al. Maturitas 2002;42:129-135. OBJECTIVES: To study the possible interaction between ascorbic acid (AA) and oestradiol (E2) in postmenopausal women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT). METHODS: We studied 25 healthy postmenopausal women who... Read more
Efecto de la aplicacion de estradiol y progesterona sobre la supervivencia embrionaria en llamas.
Magazine article from: Revista de investigaciones veterinarias del Perú; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ABSTRACT The effect of exogenous oestradiol and progesterone on embryonic survival around the period of...may improve embryonic survival rate in llamas. Key words: oestradiol, progesterone, embryonic survival, maternal recognition of... Read more
Actions of the soy phytoestrogen genistein in models of human chronic disease: potential involvement of transforming growth factor beta.(Abstract)
Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review; 8/1/2001; 241 words ; ...Kim H, Xu J, Su Y, et al. Biochem Soc Trans 2001;29:216-222. The structural similarity, but non-identity, between 17beta-oestradiol and the soy phytoestrogen genistein suggests that the two compounds will have actions that may be identical in some target... Read more
Child-bearing hips.(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Chinese Medicine; 6/1/2004; 180 words ; ...daily saliva tests for several months and recorded levels of oestradiol and progesterone--markers of fertility. Women with both lower...had higher progesterone levels and an average of 26% more oestradiol overall compared to average women, a figure which rose to... Read more
Oriental herbal medicine for menopause.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Chinese Medicine; 6/1/2004; 85 words ; ...limbs, sleeping disorders, shoulder stiffness/lumbago, and fatigue, were unaffected. In addition, the serum level of oestradiol in postmenopausal women was raised by the combined use of two Kampo formulas. (Gynecol Obstet Invest 2004;57:144-148... Read more
EU fears soft drinks may contain growth hormones.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly; 7/15/2002; 233 words ; ...the animals were tainted with the growth hormone called MPA, which can cause human infertility. The other growth hormone is oestradiol. Farmers in Germany, Italy, Spain, and France have purchased live pigs from the farms in the Netherlands, which is one of... Read more
The second midlife crisis--male and female menopause.(Update)
Magazine article from: CME: Your SA Journal of CPD; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...balance of free testosterone to oestradiol in a man will be affected, giving rise to relative increases in oestradiol. Another complicating issue during...testosterone can be converted into oestradiol. This increase may contribute to... Read more
Endogenous sex hormones and C-reactive protein in healthy postmenopausal women.(Estrogen)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Life Extension; 11/1/2008; 320 words ; ...associations between risk factors and lnCRP were studied using linear regression models. Results. Increases in oestrone and free oestradiol levels and the free androgen index were related to an increase in lnCRP of 1.19, 1.23 and 1.21 mg dL(-1) respectively. Body... Read more
Endogenous sex hormones and C-reactive protein in healthy postmenopausal women.(Heart risk)(Report)
Magazine article from: Life Extension; 5/1/2009; 321 words ; ...associations between risk factors and lnCRP were studied using linear regression models. RESULTS: Increases in oestrone and free oestradiol levels and the free androgen index were related to an increase in lnCRP of 1.19, 1.23 and 1.21 mg dL(-1) respectively. Body... Read more
A potential paradox in prostate adenocarcinoma progression: oestrogen as the initiating driver.(Estrogen)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Life Extension; 11/1/2008; 298 words ; ...suggestions regarding the protective role of androgens against high-grade CaP. This leads to the intriguing notion that 17beta-oestradiol (E2) may be an initiating driver of CaP; in fact, in old studies in which CaP was induced in rodents, E2 often accelerated... Read more