œstrane Biochem.
(ˈiːs-, ˈɛstreɪn)
Also (U.S.) estr-.
[f. œstrin + -ane.]
(See quot. 1933.)
| 1933 N. K. Adam et al. in Nature 5 Aug. 205/2 The parent saturated hydrocarbon of the œstrin group, C18H30, containing the sterol skeleton with one methyl group but without the side chain, may be termed ‘œstrane’. 1947 H. Selye Textbk. Endocrinol. i. 71/2 A side-chain at C17 does not necessarily decrease folliculoid activity in the estrane series and..it may even increase it. 1973 Biochemistry (Easton, Pa.) XII. 2221/1 All neutral and charged derivatives of estrane and androstane inhibit hydrolysis of bovine albumin. |