Production of malodorous steroids from androsta-5,16-dienes and androsta-4,16-dienes by Corynebacteria and other human axillary bacteria

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 327-336

  Decréau, Richard A ^a,b   Marson, Charles M ^a   Smith, Kelvin E ^b   Behan, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Givaudan SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Androstadienones; Corynebacteria; Steroids

Indexed keywords

4,16 ANDROSTADIEN 3BETA OL; 5BETA ANDROST 16 EN 3 ONE; ANDROSTA 4,16 DIEN 3 ONE; ANDROSTA 5,16 DIEN 3 ONE; ANDROSTA 5,16 DIEN 3BETA OL; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; STEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EPIMER; EPIMERIZATION; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; QUANTUM YIELD; STEROIDOGENESIS; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM SP.; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 17744411641     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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