Figure 1.

UGTs conjugate oestrogen-substrates into biologically inactive oestrogen glucuronides. The figure gives a schematic view with focus on glucuronidation and not a complete picture of oestradiol metabolism. Androgens are also inactivated by uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs), but are not included in this illustration.

Haakensen et al. Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R65   doi:10.1186/bcr2632
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