œstrogenic, a.
(iːs-, ɛstrəˈdʒɛnɪk)
Also (U.S.) estro-.
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Of the nature of, or having the actions of, an œstrogen.
| 1930 Endocrinology XIV. 101 Estrogenic material has been obtained from follicular fluid. 1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 348 Knowledge [was] advanced of the relation between molecular structure and the oestrogenic activity of the sex hormones. 1951 A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics xxvi. 579 The naturally occurring estrogenic substances have been displaced in therapeutics to a large extent by a number of cheaper synthetic compounds. 1957 Times 2 Dec. (Agric. Suppl.) p. ii/7 Recently, fresh developments have taken place in the use of oestrogenic hormones such as stilboestrol and hexoestrol for beef production both in the United States and in this country. 1965 Lee & Knowles Animal Hormones iii. 52 Whether oestrogenic substances are secreted by the testes [of reptiles] has yet to be clarified. |
Hence œstroˈgenically, adv., as regards œstrogenic properties; œstrogeˈnicity, œstrogenic property.
| 1930 Endocrinology XIV. 389 A relationship between estrogenicity and the portion of a plant used as a source of extract. 1935 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. CXII. 425 In the commercial extraction of theelin and theelol from human pregnancy urine, an acidic, nitrogenous, crystalline substance may be separated from the crude extract. Preliminary Allen-Doisy tests showed this compound to be estrogenically inert. 1966 Internat. Jrnl. Fertility XI. 399 Both norethynodrel and norethisterone are active as a result of their estrogenicity. 1968 A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. (ed. 4) xliv. 948 They are estrogenically active when given orally. |