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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Steroids. 2006 Dec 18;72(2):124–134. doi: 10.1016/j.steroids.2006.11.002

Fig. 1. Structurally diverse xenoestrogens examined in our studies represent various common classes of these compounds.

Fig. 1

17ß estradiol is the predominate physiological estrogen. DES is a pharmaceutical estrogen. Coumestrol is a plant estrogen. Bisphenol A (a plastics monomer) and nonylphenol (a detergent) are byproducts of plastics manufacturing. DDE, endosulfan and dieldrin are organochlorine pesticides or their metabolites.