Estradiol stearate
Estradiol stearate (brand name Depofollan), or estradiol octadecanoate, is a naturally occurring steroidal estrogen and an estrogen ester – specifically, the C17β stearate ester of estradiol. It occurs in the body as a very long-lasting metabolite and prohormone of estradiol. In addition, estradiol stearate is or has been available as a pharmaceutical drug for use via depot intramuscular injection. The drug was introduced in 1941 as Depofollan and was the first long-acting estrogen, although it has never been widely used. It has been reported in at least one source to have a duration of at least one month.
Estriol (medication)
Following its discovery in 1930, estriol was introduced for medical use as an oral tablet in the 1930s. Emmenin and Progynon were oral estrogens that contained estriol conjugates, primarily estriol glucuronide, and were introduced in the 1930s. They were the first orally active estrogen preparations to be introduced in medicine. Estriol continues to be used medically today, widely throughout the world and in a variety of different formulations and brand names.