The Confirmation of Norethindrone Aromatization in Primary Human Hepatocytes by the Vitafiber-II Cell Culture System

Overview

Journal Nihon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai Zasshi

Specialty Gynecology & Obstetrics

Date 1988 Jan 1

PMID 3351367

Citations 3

Authors

T Yamamoto

J Kitawaki

K Shiroshita

M Urabe

J Sasaki

M Fukuoka

K Naitoh

H Honjo

H Okada

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Abstract

A portion of norethindrone (17 alpha-ethynyl-19-nortestosterone) was confirmed to be aromatized to ethynyl estradiol (17 alpha-ethynyl estradiol) in primary human hepatocytes cultured using the Vitafiber-II cell culture system.

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