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Tamoxifen citrate
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Chemical Name:(2)-2-[4-(1,2-Diphenyl-1-butenyl)phenoxy]-N,N-dimethyle
thanamine citrate
Biological Activity:
Estrogen receptor antagonist/partial agonist. Selective and potent
inhibitor of mammalian sterol isomerase. Neuroprotective in female rats in
vivo. Also high affinity ligand at the membrane estrogen receptor GPR30.
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