Microbial production of testosterone and testololactone in the culture of Aspergillus terreus

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 657-660

  Faramarzi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Yazdi, Mojtaba Tabatabaei ^a   Amini, Mohsen ^a   Mohseni, Farzaneh Aziz ^b   Zarrini, Gholamreza ^a   Amani, Amir ^a   Shafiee, Abbas ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

Androstendione; Aspergillus terreus PTCC 5283; Biotransformation; Testololactone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DATA REDUCTION; FUNGI; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOILS;

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS PTCC 5283; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION; TESTOSTERONE;

HORMONES;

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; FUNGI;

EID: 11844268648     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-004-1003-4     Document Type: Article

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