Estrogen |female sex hormone

Estrogen is the main female sex hormone that is secreted mainly from the ovaries. Chemically estrogens are steroids. Estrogens are secreted in all vertebrates and even in some arthropods.

Oestrogen -Estrone was isolated in 1929 for the first time.

Oestrogen originates from Ancient Greek ‘oestros’ ( a periodic state of sexual activity in female mammals) + ‘genos’ (generating). The term was used in 1920