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Estriol sulfate glucuronide
Estriol sulfate
glucuronide
, or
estriol 3-sulfate
16α-glucuronide
, is an
endogenous
,
naturally occurring
diconjugated
metabolite
of
estriol
. It is generated in the
liver
from
estriol sulfate
by
UDP-glucuronyltransferase
and is eventually
excreted
in the
urine
by the
kidneys
. It occurs in high
concentrations
during
pregnancy
along with estriol
sulfate
and
estriol glucuronide
, and was a
component
of the early
pharmaceutical
estrogens
Progynon
and
Emmenin
.