Aromatase Inhibitors

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NCI: A drug that prevents the formation of estradiol, a female hormone, by interfering with an aromatase enzyme. Aromatase inhibitors are used as a type of hormone therapy for postmenopausal women who have hormone-dependent breast cancer.,MSH: Compounds that inhibit AROMATASE in order to reduce production of estrogenic steroid hormones.,NCI: Any substance that inhibits aromatase, an enzyme responsible for the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone and the peripheral aromatization of androgenic precursors into estrogens. Inhibition of aromatase results in the suppression of estrogen-regulated processes.,CSP: compound that inhibits aromatase and reduces production of estrogenic steroid hormones.

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