id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8469 Estrogen - Wikipedia .html text/html 11154 2236 52 Estradiol, the major estrogen sex hormone in humans and a widely used medication. Estrogen, or oestrogen, is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics. The four major naturally occurring estrogens in women are estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), and estetrol (E4). Given by subcutaneous injection in mice, estradiol is about 10-fold more potent than estrone and about 100-fold more potent than estriol.[9] Thus, estradiol is the most important estrogen in non-pregnant females who are between the menarche and menopause stages of life. Relative affinities of estrogens for steroid hormone receptors and blood proteins Description: The metabolic pathways involved in the metabolism of estradiol and other natural estrogens (e.g., estrone, estriol) in humans. Examples include estriol glucuronide (Emmenin, Progynon), estradiol benzoate, conjugated estrogens (Premarin), diethylstilbestrol, and ethinylestradiol. Estrogen (as a hormone) ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8469.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8469.txt