15β-Hydroxysteroids (part V). Steroids of the human perinatal period: The synthesis of 3β, 15β, 17α-trihydroxy-5-pregnen-20-one from 15β, 17α-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3,20-dione

Steroids

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-21

  Joannou, George E ^a,b   Reeder, Anthony Y ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

15 hydroxysteroids; 3 hydroxy 5 steroids; Synthesis; 4 3 ketosteroids

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIUM CITRINUM;

15BETA,17ALPHA DIHYDROXYPROGESTERONE; 3BETA,15BETA,17ALPHA TRIHYDROXYPREGN 5 EN 20 ONE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; HYDROXYSTEROID; PERCHLORIC ACID; POTASSIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030068945     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(95)00170-U     Document Type: Article

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