Synthesis of some potent immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory metabolites by fungal transformation of anabolic steroid oxymetholone

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Khan, Naik Tameen ^a   Bibi, Marium ^a   Yousuf, Sammer ^a   Qureshi, Izhar Husain ^a   Atta ur Rahman, ^a   Al Majid, Abdullah Mohammad ^b   Mesaik, Muhammad Ahmed ^a   Khalid, Ahmed Shukralla ^a   Sattar, Samina A ^a   Atia tul Wahab, ^a   Choudhary, M Iqbal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

3T3 Fibroblast cells; Anabolic steroid; Anti inflammation; Biotransformation; de novo Hydroxylation; Immunomodulation; Inhibition of reactive oxygen species production; Oxymetholone; T Cell proliferation inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874277144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-6-153     Document Type: Article

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