Microalgal transformation of androst-4-en-3,17-dione by Nostoc ellipsosporum

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 576-580

  Moradpour, Zahra ^a   Torshabi, Maryam ^a   Faramarzi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Yazdi, Mojtaba Tabatabaei ^a   Ghasemi, Younes ^b   Jahandar, Hoda ^a   Zolfaghary, Nadia ^a   Zarrini, Gholamreza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

17 dione; Androst 4 en 3; Biotransformation; Cyanobacterium; Nostoc ellipsosporum

Indexed keywords

NOSTOC; NOSTOC ELLIPSOSPORUM;

EID: 80053937133     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2006.289.293     Document Type: Article

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