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. 2021 Nov 22;19(11):650. doi: 10.3390/md19110650

Table 1.

Biological activities of aromatic steroids with over 90% confidence.

No. Discovered Activity, (Pa) * Reported Activity References
1 Ovulation inhibitor (0.942)
Cardiovascular analeptic (0.924)
Antihypercholesterolemic (0.871)
Lipid metabolism regulator (0.730)
Inhibitor aromatase
Sulfatase inhibitor
Estrogenic
Promotor breast cancer
[81,82,83,84]
2 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.904)
Ovulation inhibitor (0.889)
Neuroprotector (0.870)
Anesthetic general (0.868)
Acute neurologic disorders treatment (0.793)
Prostate disorders treatment (0.729)
Anti-inflammatory (0.713)
Antioxidant
Anti-inflammatory
Uterotrophic
RNA polymerase
Promoter of breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers
Neuroprotective properties
[81,85,86,87]
3 Ovulation inhibitor (0.900)
Acute neurologic disorders treatment (0.822)
Antihypercholesterolemic (0.791)
Estrogenic
Agonist of the ERs
RNA polymerase
[88,89]
4 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.856)
Ovulation inhibitor (0.847)
Cardiovascular analeptic (0.842)
Lipid metabolism regulator (0.788)
Estrogenic
Estrogen agonist
[90,91,92]
5 Acute neurologic disorders treatment (0.912)
Male reproductive disfunction treatment (0.847)
Ovulation inhibitor (0.786)
Postmenopausal disorders treatment (0.643)
Antihypercholesterolemic (0.640)
Menopausal disorders treatment (0.579)
Inhibitor aromatase
Sulfatase inhibitor
Inhibitor of human breast cancer
Concentration
Cardiovascular agent
Postmenopausal disorders
[93,94]
6 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.973)
Acute neurologic disorders treatment (0.922)
Lipid metabolism regulator (0.907)
Antithrombotic (0.714)
Ovulation inhibitor (0.662)
Dementia treatment (0.616)
Hypolipemic (0.613)
Male reproductive disfunction treatment (0.587)
Menopausal disorders treatment (0.582)
Estrogenic
Ovarian activity
Urine production
[95]
7 Ovulation inhibitor (0.956)
Cardiovascular analeptic (0.927)
Antihypercholesterolemic (0.868)
Male reproductive disfunction treatment (0.847)
Menopausal disorders treatment (0.842)
Acute neurologic disorders treatment (0.745)
Lipid metabolism regulator (0.701)
Menstruation disorders treatment (0.639)
Postmenopausal disorders treatment (0.605)
Muscular dystrophy treatment (0.601)
Contraceptive female (0.570)
Anti-infertility, female (0.567)
Estrogenic
Antiestrogenic effects
Anticancer
[96,97,98]
8 Ovulation inhibitor (0.930)
Cardiovascular analeptic (0.925)
Antihypercholesterolemic (0.855)
Male reproductive disfunction treatment (0.843)
Acute neurologic disorders treatment (0.780)
Menopausal disorders treatment (0.747)
Lipid metabolism regulator (0.601)
Muscular dystrophy treatment (0.579)
Postmenopausal disorders treatment (0.561)
Menstruation disorders treatment (0.533)
Estrogenic
Strongest neuroprotective effect
UDP-glucuronosyltransferase
Anti-breast cancer
[99,100,101]
9 Ovulation inhibitor (0.953)
Cardiovascular analeptic (0.928)
Antihypercholesterolemic (0.857)
Menopausal disorders treatment (0.807)
Male reproductive disfunction treatment (0.805)
Acute neurologic disorders treatment (0.660)
Contraceptive (0.655)
Lipid metabolism regulator (0.645)
Contraceptive female (0.558)
Menstruation disorders treatment (0.542)
Anti-infertility, female (0.503)
Postmenopausal disorders treatment (0.500)
Antioxidant
Estrogenic
Anti-breast cancer
[102]
10 Ovulation inhibitor (0.925)
Cardiovascular analeptic (0.922)
Antihypercholesterolemic (0.833)
Male reproductive disfunction treatment (0.821)
Menopausal disorders treatment (0.712)
Acute neurologic disorders treatment (0.662)
Contraceptive (0.602)
Lipid metabolism regulator (0.571)
Muscular dystrophy treatment (0.548)
Estrogenic
Proliferation of human breast cancer
[103,104,105]
11 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.959)
Hypolipemic (0.808)
Activity not studied
12 Lipid metabolism regulator (0.913)
Antihypercholesterolemic (0.767)
Activity not studied
13 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.961)
Hypolipemic (0.711)
Activity not studied
14 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.953) Activity not studied
15 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.946) Activity not studied
16 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.907) Activity not studied
17 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.929) Activity not studied
18 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.935) Activity not studied
19 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.950) Activity not studied
20 Antihypercholesterolemic (0.914) Anticancer [52]

* Only activities with Pa > 0.5 are shown.