Synthesis of Homo A-CD Estrogens for Potential Use in Hormone Replacement Therapy

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been subject to much debate due to concerns that long term use of such treatment of menopause increases the risk of breast and uterine cancer. This is thought to be caused by estradiol (1) binding to the estrogen receptor α (ERα) resulting in increased cell prol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Talbi, Oussama
Other Authors: Durst, Tony
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2015
Subjects:
HRT
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32082
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-2783