Estradiol Benzoate is a sex hormone that is present in both males and females, and is the most important form of estrogen in humans. In women, it plays a key role in the development and functioning of the reproductive system, as well as in the growth of certain bones. It also governs the distribution of body fat in women and is the main hormone responsible for the fact that women are shorter than men, on average. Beide die eierstokke en die byniere produseer dit.
Die menstruele siklus by vroue behels voorspelbare variasies in die vlakke van verskeie hormone, met oestradiol as een van hulle. Dit is betrokke by die ovulasieproses en berei die binnekant van die baarmoeder voor vir inplanting, moet die eiersel bevrug word. Sekere toetse wat op bobbejane en ander primate gedoen is, het aangedui dat sy hormoon ook 'n voortdurende rol speel in die handhawing van 'n swangerskap, help om dit vir die volle swangerskapsperiode te hou.
As 'n geslagshormoon, dit veroorsaak ook baie van die ontwikkelings van die voortplantingstelsel wat in puberteit begin. Dit kom dwarsdeur die voortplantingsjare voor, en afneem tydens en na menopouse. Hierdie afname is presies wat baie van die simptome van menopouse veroorsaak, such as hot flashes and night sweats, vaginal dryness, and the loss of bone mass that may lead to osteoporosis.
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2. Estradiol is the major estrogen secreted by the premenopausal ovary. Estradiol benzoate is an estradiol analog which contains a benzyl ester at the C-3 position. Estradiol benzoate is useful in the tr eatment of lesions produced by diminution of bodily production of estrogens.
