Side-chain cleavage and C-20 ketone reduction of hydrocortisone by a natural isolate of Chroococcus dispersus

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 577-581

  Ghasemi, Younes ^a   Faramarzi, Mohammad Ali ^b   Arjmand Inalou, Mojdeh ^a   Mohagheghzadeh, Abdolali ^a   Shokravi, Shadman ^c   Morowvat, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Chroococcus dispersus; Hydrocortisone; Unicellular cyanobacterium

Indexed keywords

CHROOCOCCUS; CHROOCOCCUS DISPERSUS;

EID: 38849123684     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175358     Document Type: Article

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