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Diethylstilbestrol

European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard

Synonym(s):

(E)-3,4-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-hexene, DES, Stilbestrol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H20O2
CAS Number:
56-53-1
Molecular Weight:
268.35
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329798701
MDL number:
MFCD00002373
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2056095

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InChI key

RGLYKWWBQGJZGM-ISLYRVAYSA-N

SMILES string

CC\C(c1ccc(O)cc1)=C(\CC)c2ccc(O)cc2

InChI

1S/C18H20O2/c1-3-17(13-5-9-15(19)10-6-13)18(4-2)14-7-11-16(20)12-8-14/h5-12,19-20H,3-4H2,1-2H3/b18-17+

grade

pharmaceutical primary standard

API family

diethylstilbestrol

manufacturer/tradename

EDQM

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

Gene Information

human ... ESR1(2099)

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General description

This product is provided as delivered and specified by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. All information provided in support of this product, including SDS and any product information leaflets have been developed and issued under the Authority of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.For further information and support please go to the website of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.

Application

Diethylstilbestrol EP Reference standard, intended for use in laboratory tests only as specifically prescribed in the European Pharmacopoeia.

Packaging

The product is delivered as supplied by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. For the current unit quantity, please visit the EDQM reference substance catalogue.

Other Notes

Sales restrictions may apply.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1B - Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 1B - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

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Shuji Yamashita
Current pharmaceutical design, 12(12), 1505-1520 (2006-04-14)
Neonatal diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure elicits a wide range of abnormalities in the female mouse genital tract. This animal model system is suitable for investigating the mechanism of DES syndrome in humans. Accumulated evidence has shown that critical periods in development
Yuliya Dobrydneva et al.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 55(5), 522-530 (2010-02-12)
Compounds with the stilbene pharmacophore and other nonsteroidal estrogens have previously been shown to inhibit thrombin-induced elevation of intracellular free calcium ([Ca]i) in human platelets. Thrombin elevates [Ca]i in platelets predominantly by activating a store-operated Ca entry (SOCE) mechanism, probably
Pierre-Olivier Bosset et al.
BJU international, 110(11 Pt C), E826-E829 (2012-05-15)
What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Diethylstilbestrol (DES) has been found to have anti-tumour properties and clinical effectiveness in prostate cancer that is resistant to the first-line hormonal therapy. This review found that low-dose DES
S B Malkowicz
Urology, 58(2 Suppl 1), 108-113 (2001-08-15)
Diethylstilbestrol administration was a classic form of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) that gradually fell out of favor because of its cardiovascular toxicity, economic disinterest on the part of manufacturers, and the emergence of novel therapeutic agents with a superior safety
Retha R Newbold et al.
Endocrinology, 147(6 Suppl), S11-S17 (2006-05-13)
The synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a potent perinatal endocrine disruptor. In humans and experimental animals, exposure to DES during critical periods of reproductive tract differentiation permanently alters estrogen target tissues and results in long-term abnormalities such as uterine neoplasia
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