A pharmaceutical preparation containing a mixture of water-soluble, conjugated estrogens derived wholly or in part from URINE of pregnant mares or synthetically from ESTRONE and EQUILIN. It contains a sodium-salt mixture of estrone sulfate (52-62%) and equilin sulfate (22-30%) with a total of the two between 80-88%. Other concomitant conjugates include 17-alpha-dihydroequilin, 17-alpha-estradiol, and 17-beta-dihydroequilin. The potency of the preparation is expressed in terms of an equivalent quantity of sodium estrone sulfate.

Annotation

do not confuse with ESTRADIOL CONGENERS

DUI

D004966 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0007792

History note

2004 (1973); for CENESTIN use ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (NM) 1999-2002

Public note

2004; see ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED 1994-2003, see ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCES, CONJUGATED 1973-1993; CENESTIN was indexed under ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED 1999-2002; PRESOMEN was indexed under ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCES, CONJUGATED 1987-1998; for PREMARIN see PREMARIN 1991-1993, see ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCES, CONJUGATED 1975-1990