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Multipurpose Pharmaceutical Tamoxifen Citrate CAS 54965-24-1

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Tamoxifen Citrate
Synonyms: Tamoxifen ,Nolvadex,Zitazonium, ICI-46474, TAM
CAS Registry Number: 54965-24-1
EINECS:259-415-2
MF: C26H29NO.C6H8O7
MW: 563.64
Purity: 99% min
Appearance:white to off-white powder
Melting Point:140-144℃
Boiling Point:665.9 °C at 760 mmHg
Flash Point:356.5 °C
Grade : Pharmaceutical Grade
Storage: Shading, confined preservation,Storage temp 2-8°C
Delivery time :within 12 hours upon receipt of payment
Delivery: EMS, DHL, TNT, FedEx, UPS


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Tamoxifen is an antagonist of the estrogen receptor in breast tissue via its active metabolite, 4-hydroxytamoxifen. In other tissues such as the endometrium, it behaves as an agonist, and thus may be characterized as a Selective estrogen-receptor modulator. Tamoxifen is the usual endocrine (anti-estrogen) therapy for hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in pre-menopausal women, and is also a standard in post-menopausal women although aromatase inhibitors are also frequently used in that setting.
Some breast cancer cells require estrogen to grow. Estrogen binds to and activates the estrogen receptor in these cells. Tamoxifen is metabolized into compounds that also bind to the estrogen receptor but do not activate it. Because of this competitive antagonism, tamoxifen acts like a key broken off in the lock that prevents any other key from being inserted, preventing estrogen from binding to its receptor. Hence breast cancer cell growth is blocked.