Estrofurate (INN, USAN) (developmental code name AY-11483), also known as 17α-(3-furyl)-estra-1,3,5(10),7-tetraene-3,17-diol 3-acetate, is a synthetic, steroidal estrogen that was synthesized in 1967 and studied in the late 1960s and early 1970s but was never marketed.[1][2] It is a relatively weak estrogen in bioassays.[3]

References

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  2. ^ Banik UK, Revesz C, Herr F (April 1969). "Orally active oestrogens and progestins in prevention of pregnancy in rats". Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. 18 (3): 509–15. doi:10.1530/jrf.0.0180509. PMID 4182486.
  3. ^ Revesz C, Banik UK, Lefebvre Y (June 1970). "AY-11483, a new type of orally active oestrogen". Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. 22 (1): 27–32. doi:10.1530/jrf.0.0220027. PMID 5421116.