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Definition of Aromatase

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Medical Definition of Aromatase

1. An enzyme which converts androgens to oestrogens by desaturating ring a of the steroid. This enzyme complex is located in the endoplasmic reticulum of oestrogen-producing cells including ovaries, placenta, testicular sertoli and leydig cells, adipose, and brain tissues. The enzyme complex has two components, one of which is the cyp19 gene product, the aromatase cytochrome p-450. The other component is NADPH-cytochrome p-450 reductase which transfers reducing equivalents to p-450(arom). Registry number: EC 1.14.13.- (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Aromatase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Diagnosis and Treatment: Clinical Practice by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"aromatase inhibitor Therapy In the canine model of BPH, estrogens are ... This testosterone-to-estrogen conversion is catalyzed by the enzyme aromatase. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"This delay suggests that the enzymes necessary for production of androgen and estrogen, ie 17a-hydroxylase, 17-20 lyase, aromatase, and 17/? ..."

3. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Further evidence for this role of estrogen comes from a study with coadministration of the aromatase inhibitor, testolactone, with testosterone enanthate. ..."

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