11β-Hydroxyandrostenedione Returns to the Steroid Arena: Biosynthesis, Metabolism and Function

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 13228-13244

  Bloem, Liezl M ^a   Storbeck, Karl Heinz ^a   Schloms, Lindie ^a   Swart, Amanda C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

11keto dihydrotestosterone (11KDHT); Adrenal H295R; Androsterone; Castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC); Cytochrome P450 11 hydroxylase (CYP11B); Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD); Steroid 5a reductase

Indexed keywords

11-HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE; 11ALPHA HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PROSTATE TUMOR; REVIEW;

3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 84888635167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules181113228     Document Type: Review

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