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OEstrogenic Activity of Certain Synthetic Compounds

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IN earlier communications1,2 two of us have described the œ"strogenic activity of certain derivatives of diphenylethane, and in particular it was shown that the introduction of an ethylene linkage between the α and β carbon-atoms of such compounds greatly increased the potency. A number of stilbene derivatives were found to possess a marked activity. Following up this observation, the activity of p-hydroxypropylbenzene was next investigated and compared with that of p-hydroxypropenylbenzene (anol). The Å"strogenic activity of some specimens of anol was found to be of a very high order, but further research indicated that this remarkable potency was probably due to the presence of a more complex substance produced as a by-product during the demethylation of anethole3. Recently, the activity of di-anol has been described4.

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    E. C. DODDS, L. GOLDBERG, W. LAWSON & R. ROBINSON

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DODDS, E., GOLDBERG, L., LAWSON, W. et al. OEstrogenic Activity of Certain Synthetic Compounds. Nature 141, 247–248 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141247b0

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