Recent advances in azasteroids chemistry

Steroids

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-407

  Ibrahim Ouali, Malika ^a   Rocheblave, Luc ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Azasteroid; Biological activity

Indexed keywords

AZASTEROID;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; DEPROTECTION REACTION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AZASTEROIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 39549122210     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2007.12.013     Document Type: Review

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