Recent developments in the fungal transformation of steroids

Biocatalysis and Biotransformation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-28

  Nassiri Koopaei, Nasser ^a   Faramarzi, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Bioconversion; Biotransformation; Fungus; Steroid

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; FUNGI; LIPIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FUTURE PROSPECTS; STEROID; STEROID SUBSTRATE;

STEREOSELECTIVITY;

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; LIPOSOME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; STEROID; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 1; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MICROEMULSION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

FUNGI;

EID: 84929070124     PISSN: 10242422     EISSN: 10292446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10242422.2015.1022533     Document Type: Review

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