Synthesis and biological activity of some cardiotonic compounds related to gitoxigenin.

abstract：:Biotransformation of an orally active contraceptive drug, desogestrel (1), with Cunninghamella elegans yielded a new metabolite, 13β-ethyl-11-methylene-18,19-dinor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-17β-ol-3,6-dione (2), along with five known metabolites, i.e., 13β-ethyl-11-methylene-18,19-dinor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-3β,6β,17β-triol...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ibrahim I,Atia-Tul-Wahab,Khan N,Siddiqui M,Hassan Ajandouz E,Jabeen A,Mesmar J,Baydoun E,Iqbal Choudhary M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbenoxolone potentiates the mineralocorticoid activity of endogenous glucocorticoid hormones by inhibiting the enzyme 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, which converts cortisol and corticosterone to inactive 11-oxo-derivatives. We addressed the question of whether glucocorticoid activity is also affected by carbe...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Soro A,Panarelli M,Holloway CD,Fraser R,Kenyon CJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assayed Type 1 (high K+) and Type 2 (high Na+) human breast cyst fluids for DHEA-S. When an antibody specific for the 3-sulfoconjugate end of DHEA-S was used, Type 1 cyst fluids (n = 18) showed a content of 114 +/- 68 micrograms/mL (mean +/- sigma) and Type 2 cyst fluids (n = 14) of 35 +/- 17 micrograms/mL (P less ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chasalow FI,Blethen SL,Bradlow HL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to synthesize compounds with selective estrogen-receptor binding, fluoro- and amino-clomiphene were totally synthesized from benzyl chloride, and their estrogenic/antiestrogenic activity as well as that of some of their chemical intermediates was evaluated. The triazene prepared from the amino-clomiphene...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gazit A,Livshitz T,Shani J

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boldenone is an anabolic-androgenic steroid that is prohibited in equine sports. Urine from the uncastrated male horse contains boldenone that is thought to be of endogenous origin and thus a threshold ('cut-off') concentration has been adopted internationally for free and conjugated boldenone to help distinguish case...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Viljanto MJ,Kicman AT,Walker CJ,Parkin MC,Wolff K,Pearce CM,Scarth J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the possible dual effects of adenosine as substrate and adenosine receptor agonist in rat granulosa cells, cumulus-oocyte complexes, luteal cells and ovarian membranes are discussed. Adenosine is an indispensable compound in cell energy metabolism, as precursor to cofactors, second messenger and n...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Billig H,Rosberg S,Johanson C,Ahrén K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the photoactive 4-azasteroid, [1,2 3H]N-4(benzylbenzoyl)-3-oxo-4-aza-4-methyl-5alpha-androst an-17beta-carboxamide is an effective probe of rat steroid 5alpha-reductase (isozyme-1) (5alphaR-1). In the current investigation, PEG-fractionated (6.5%) detergent-solubilized preparations contai...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bhattacharyya AK,Wang M,Rajagopalan K,Taylor MF,Hiipakka R,Liao S,Collins DC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report details the synthesis of 1) 3,4,4'-trihydroxy-alpha, alpha'-diethyl-trans-stilbene; 2) 3,4-bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-trans-3-hexenol; 3) 3,4-bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2,4-cis,cis-hexadienol; 4) 3,4-bis-(3'-methoxy-4'-hydrophenyl)-trans-3-hexene; 5) 3,4-bis-(3',4'-dimethoxyphenyl)-trans-3-hexene. These compounds ar...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hill KA,Peterson DM,Damodaran KM,Rao PN

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new synthesis of both epimeric forms of 26-cholestanoic acids and 26-alcohols containing a 3beta-hydroxy-Delta(5)- or a Delta(4)-3-keto-functionality in ring A is described starting from stigmasterol or (20S)-3beta-acetoxy-pregn-5-en-20-carboxylic acid. The obtained compounds are useful as standards for studies of c...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Khripach VA,Zhabinskii VN,Konstantinova OV,Khripach NB,Antonchick AV,Antonchick AP,Schneider B

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allopregnanolone (3α-THP) is one of the main reduced progesterone (P4) metabolites that is recognized as a neuroprotective and myelinating agent. 3α-THP also induces proliferation of different neural cells. It has been shown that P4 favors the progression of glioblastomas (GBM), the most common and aggressive primary ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zamora-Sánchez CJ,Hansberg-Pastor V,Salido-Guadarrama I,Rodríguez-Dorantes M,Camacho-Arroyo I

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) are nuclear receptors that are activated by thyroid hormone ligands and co-regulator proteins. Two receptor subtypes, TRalpha and TRbeta, have been suggested to play a role in numerous physiological functions. However, specificity of receptor subtype function and co-regulator interactio...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Koury EJ,Pawlyk AC,Berrodin TJ,Smolenski CL,Nagpal S,Deecher DC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phytochemical study of Physalis pubescens L. afforded twelve compounds, including six new withanolides (1, 4, and 6i-9), four new withanolide glucosides (2, 3, 5, and 6), and two known withanolides (10 and 11). Their structures were established via extensive spectroscopic analysis. The absolute configuration of 3 wa...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Xia G,Li Y,Sun J,Wang L,Tang X,Lin B,Kang N,Huang J,Chen L,Qiu F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive accurate assay for the placental microsomal 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (E.C.1.1.1.51) has been developed using tritiated substrates. Kinetic analysis of the enzyme with 3 beta-hydroxy-5-androsten-17-one and 3 beta-hydroxy-5-pregnen-20-one indicates that the apparent Km values for these substrates ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gibb W

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the adult female, estrogen signaling is well-described as an integral component of the physiologically significant hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. In rodents, the timing of ovulation is intrinsically entwined with the display of sexual receptivity. For decades, the importance of estradiol activating intrac...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tonn Eisinger KR,Larson EB,Boulware MI,Thomas MJ,Mermelstein PG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to develop a quantitative and in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approach to investigate the muscle growth effects of anabolic steroids. A protocol of MRI acquisition on a standard clinical 1.5 T scanner and quantitative image analysis was established and employed to measure the individual muscl...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wu EX,Tang H,Tong C,Heymsfield SB,Vasselli JR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mammary medullary carcinoma cells (passages 16 to 21) were cultured for 2 days to allow for attachment, followed by 6 days of culture in either fetal calf serum, human cord blood, human amniotic fluid, or growth factors in the presence or absence of purified human alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). When growth factors wer...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Leal JA,Gangrade BK,Kiser JL,May JV,Keel BA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androstane brassinosteroid analogues with alpha-azido acid ester groups in position 17beta were synthesized from 2alpha,3alpha,17beta-trihydroxy-5alpha-androstan-6-one after the protection of the 2alpha,3alpha-diols upon treatment with the corresponding alpha-azido acid and the subsequent deprotection of the diol grou...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hnilickova J,Kohout L,Capdevila E,Esteve A,Vilaplana M,Molist M,Brosa C,Swaczynova-Oklestkova J,Slavikova B

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is a malformation syndrome associated with 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) 7-reductase deficiency. Although SLOS can be detected in an affected fetus before midpregnancy by measurement of 7DHC levels in amniotic fluid or chorionic villus cells, a noninvasive, more routine method is needed...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shackleton CH,Roitman E,Kratz LE,Kelley RI

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agave plants are popular for their myriad applications in traditional medicine attributed to their reported anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, cytotoxic and antifungal activities. The aim of this study was to examine the anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and ulceroprotective activity of Agave species in relation t...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： El-Hawary SS,El-Kammar HA,Farag MA,Saleh DO,El Dine RS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular homogenates of tamoxifen-treated rats were incubated with labeled steroid precursors (progesterone, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, androstenedione or testosterone) in order to study the effect of tamoxifen on testicular steroidogenesis. The results indicate that a 9 day treatment with...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Vanderstichele H,Eechaute W,Lacroix E,Leusen I

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentration measurements of 13C-labeled cortisol ([1,2,4,19-13C(4)]cortisol, cortisol-13C(4)) and its metabolite cortisone-13C(4) were made simultaneously with measurements of endogenous cortisol and cortisone by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). After administering a small amount (3mg) of cortiso...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kasuya Y,Yokokawa A,Shibasaki H,Furuta T

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown by others that treatment with only progesterone is sufficient to induce implantation and maintain pregnancy in ovariectomized-adrenalectomized rabbits. Based on these results, it was deduced that induction of implantation in the rabbit does not require estrogen. In making this deduction, "blastocyst ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Dey SK,Dickmann Z,Sen Gupta J

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new sterols, (24E)-24-n-propylidenecholesterol and 24 epsilon-n-propylcholesterol, were isolated from a cultured marine Chrysophyte. Since most of the steroids found in marine invertebrates are unchanged or modified sterols of algal or symbiotic origin, the discovery of these two unusual sterols in a unicellular a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rohmer M,Kokke WC,Fenical W,Djerassi C

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A partial synthesis of the title compound, 4'-(dimethylamino)-17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-(1-propynyl)benzo[12,12a]-11 alpha,18-cyclo-12a,12b- dihomo-13 alpha-estr-4-en-3-one 1, is reported. The key step in this synthesis represents an intramolecular alkenylaryl radical cyclization. Treatment of 18-[bromo-5-(dimethylamin...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ottow E,Beier S,Elger W,Fritzemeier KH,Neef G,Wiechert R

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentation of mesterolone (1) with Cunninghamella blakesleeana yielded four new metabolites, 1α-methyl-1β,11β,17β-trihydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (2), 1α-methyl-7α,11β,17β-trihydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (3), 1α-methyl-1β,6α,17β-trihydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (4) and 1α-methyl-1β,11α,17β-trihydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (5)...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ahmad MS,Zafar S,Bibi M,Bano S,Atia-Tul-Wahab,Atta-Ur-Rahman,Iqbal Choudhary M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast atom bombardment/mass spectrometry or liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry provides the capability for direct analysis of steroid conjugates (sulfates, glucuronides) without prior hydrolysis or derivatization. During the analysis of biologic extracts, limitations on the sensitivity of detection arise from the p...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gaskell SJ

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic use of progesterone following traumatic brain injury has recently entered phase III clinical trials as a means of neuroprotection. Although it has been hypothesized that progesterone protects against calcium overload following excitotoxic shock, the exact mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Luoma JI,Kelley BG,Mermelstein PG

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of steroids contained in oral contraceptives, namely ethinylestradiol:17 alpha-ethinyl-1,3,5,(10)-estratriene-3, 17-diol (E) and norethindrone acetate:17 beta-acetoxy-17-ethinyl-4-estren-3-one (N), on cell replication and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) secretion by choriocarcinoma cells in monolayer cul...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gal D,Simpson ER,Porter JC,MacDonald PC,Buchsbaum HJ

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using pregnenolone as a starting material, some 3-substituted 17-[1',2',3']-selenadiazolylpregnenolone derivatives were synthesized, and their structures were characterized by IR, NMR and HRMS. The in vitro antitumor activity of the compounds was assayed against PC-3、SKOV3、T47D、MCF-7 and HEK293T cell lines. The result...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Cui J,Pang L,Wei M,Gan C,Liu D,Yuan H,Huang Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potent antiproliferative effect of progestins has been utilized in clinical regimens for treatment of endometrial proliferative disorders. The progestin infiltrated intrauterine device used as therapy for endometrial carcinoma as well as endometrial hyperplasia yields a hundred-fold increase of local progestin con...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Paulssen RH,Moe B,Grønaas H,Orbo A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00