Steroidal saponins from Raphia vinifera and their cytotoxic activity.

abstract：:An efficient method to prepare 5, 9-cyclo-1, 11-oxido-pregn-16-ene-3, 20-dione in one pot was reported. Treatment of 9-bromide-11-hydroxypregna-1, 4, 16-trien-3, 20-dione with Raney Ni in absolute ethanol afforded 5, 9-cyclo-1, 11-oxido-pregn-16-ene-3, 20-dione by two annulation reactions in reasonable yield. The abso...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jia P,Wu X,Yu Y,Zhang G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassays were conducted to determine various endocrinological properties of two spirolactone derivatives, 4',5'-dihydrospiro-[estr-4-ene-17,2'(3'H)-furan]-3-one (Compound I) and dispiro[cyclopropane-1,6'-estr-4'-ene-17',2"(3"h)-furan]-3'-one (Compound II). They proved to be very potent estrogen antagonists in immatur...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Brooks JR,Steelman SL,Patanelli DJ

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly active inhibitor of the binding of estrone and estradiol-17beta to rat alpha-fetoprotein is demonstrated for the first time in embryo, immature and adult rat sera as well as in fetal and adult human sera. The competitive character and the narrow specificity of this inhibition effect is shown. The major compou...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Benassayag C,Vallette G,Delorme J,Savu L,Nunez EA,Jayle MF

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioconversion of the aromatase inhibitor formestane (4-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione) (1) by the fungus Rhizopus oryzae ATCC 11145 resulted in a new minor metabolite 3,5α-dihydroxyandrost-2-ene-4,17-dione (2) and the known 4β,5α-dihydroxyandrostane-4,17-dione (3) as the major product. The structural elucidation and ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Martin GD,Narvaez J,Bulmer R,Durrant MC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A facile strategy for the annulation of 2,6-dicyanoaniline moiety to steroidal A/B-ring is described from base catalyzed and microwave-promoted reaction of steroidal 3-keto-2-hydroxymethylenes with malononitrile in high yields. The generality of the reaction has been extended to non-steroidal cyclic and aliphatic keto...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Barthakur MG,Hasib A,Gogoi J,Boruah RC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrolein, an α, β-unsaturated aldehyde, exists in a wide range of sources. Acrolein can be not only generated from all types of smoke but also produced endogenously from the metabolism by lipid peroxidation. The cellular influence of acrolein is due to its electrophilic character via binding to and depleting cellular ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yeh YH,Chou JC,Weng TC,Lieu FK,Lin JY,Yeh CC,Hu S,Wang PS,Idova G,Wang SW

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enterohepatic circulation and metabolism of ethynodiol diacetate (3beta,17beta-diacetoxy-17alpha-ethynyl-estr-4-ene) in baboons were studied following the intravenous injection of this contraceptive steroid labeled with 14C (4-position) and with 3H (in either the 3- or 17-acetoxy moieties). Bile and urine from fou...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ishihara M,Osawa Y,Kirdani RY,Sandberg AA

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The LNCaP-Fast Growing Colony (FGC) human prostate cancer cell line proliferates in response to the addition of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) 10(-10)-10(-8) M in charcoal-stripped serum-supplemented media. LNCaP-FGC cells will not attach or proliferate in serum-free conditions. LNCaP-FGC stock cultures were maintained in ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kirschenbaum A,Ren M,Levine AC

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease results in a reduction in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) synthesis and an accumulation of phosphorus in the blood, leading to secondary hyperparathyroidism and renal osteodystrophy. Vitamin D analogs that retain the ability to suppress PTH but that are less calcemic and phosphatemic than...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Williams KB,DeLuca HF

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finasteride is a specific 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor that has been shown to reduce the size of human benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by inhibiting the intraprostatic conversion of testosterone to 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone. The aim of the present in vitro study was to describe in more detail the inhibitory effect...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Weisser H,Tunn S,Debus M,Krieg M

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：:In an attempt to justify use of trypsin to achieve more thorough dispersion of luteal cell clumps in vitro, progesterone (P) production by collagenase dispersed monkey luteal cells from the mid-luteal phase corpus luteum (CL) was examined in vitro either after 10 min, or continuous (3h) exposure to trypsin (TR). In th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gulyas BJ,Yuan LC,Hodgen GD

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two variants of the Claisen rearrangement were evaluated for a stereoselective construction of a C-25 stereogenic center in cholestenoic acids based on 1,4-chirality transfer. Johnson orthoester Claisen rearrangement of (22R)- and (22S)-propargyl enol ethers proceeded in a highly stereoselective manner to give (25R)- ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ermolovich YV,Zhabinskii VN,Khripach VA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroidal nucleoside analogs were synthesized starting from testosterone. By reduction of the oxime of 17 beta-hydroxy-androst-4-en-3-one (testosterone), a mixture of the two amino epimers of C-3 were obtained. The 3 alpha-amino-androst-4-en-17 beta-ol was crystallized in 73% yield and coupled with 5-amino-4,6-dichlor...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gelpi ME,Cadenas RA,Mosettig J,Zuazo BN

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides regulating water and electrolyte homeostasis, the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) elicits pathophysiological effects in the renocardiovascular system. Although the MR's closest relative, the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), acts as a transcription factor at the same hormone-response-element (HRE), activated gluco...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Grossmann C,Ruhs S,Seiferth A,Gekle M

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Circadian rhythms in physiology and behavior are known to be influenced by the estrous cycle in female rodents. The clock genes responsible for the generation of circadian oscillations are widely expressed both within the central nervous system and peripheral tissues, including those that comprise the reproductive sys...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Nakamura TJ,Sellix MT,Kudo T,Nakao N,Yoshimura T,Ebihara S,Colwell CS,Block GD

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The left adrenal of two female dogs were perfused with either 3 muCi [4-14C]cpd. S (2) and 45 muCi [1, 2-3H] 21-deoxycortisone (Dog I), or with 1 muCi [4-14C] 17-hydroxyprogesterone and 65 muCi [1,2-3H] 21-deoxycortisone (Dog II). In Dog I, 40% of the perfused 21-deoxycortisone was converted to cortisone and 23% of cp...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Horn H,Halperin G,Weidenfeld J,Mordohovich D,Maschler I

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The full assignments of the (1)H and (13)C NMR signals of steroids bearing the 16beta,23:23,26-diepoxy side chain are provided. Differentiation of the diasterotopic H-26 pair was achieved with the aid of NOESY experiments. The main substituent and steric effects associated with this moiety and their influence on the c...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Vázquez-Ramírez I,Macías-Alonso M,Arcos-Ramos RO,Ruíz-Pérez KM,Solano-Ramírez DO,Iglesias Arteaga MA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When day 6 rabbit blastocysts were cultured (3 embryos/mL) in medium 199 containing 3.68 microM estradiol-17 beta (E2), 40% of E2 was metabolized in 24 h, at a rate of 18 pmol/embryo(b)/h, yielding 4 major metabolite fractions. Two of them were identified to be estrogen glucosides: 17 beta-hydroxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wu JT,Williams KI

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to the long-held postulate of steroid-hormone binding globulin action, these protein carriers of steroids are major players in steroid actions in the body. This manuscript will focus on our work with sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and corticosteroid binding globulin (CBG) and demonstrate how they are act...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Caldwell JD,Jirikowski GF

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(24R and 24S)-5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha,24,25-tetrols were prepared by osmium tetroxide oxidation of 5beta-cholest-24-ene-3alpha,7alpha-diol. The resulting diastereomeric tetrols were separated by thin-layer chromatography, their purity ascertained by melting point, gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectra and ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Batta AK,Dayal B,Tint GS,Shefer S,Toome V,Salen G,Mosbach EH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gypensapogenin H (GH) is a novel dammarane-type triterpenes obtained from hydrolyzate of total saponins from Gynostemma pentaphyllum and its anti-tumor activity has been studied in previous work. In this study, we report the effects of this compound on human prostate cancer cells (DU145 and 22RV-1). It significantly i...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhang XS,Zhao C,Tang WZ,Wu XJ,Zhao YQ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgens including testosterone and dihydrotestosterone play important roles on brain structure and function, either directly through androgen receptor or indirectly through estrogen receptors, which need coactivators for their transcription activation. Steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC-1) has been shown to be mult...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bian C,Zhang K,Zhao Y,Guo Q,Cai W,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kyotorphin (KTP, H-Tyr-Arg-OH) was covalently bonded with hydrocortisone or estrone to form the corresponding hydrocortisone-21-O-yl-succinyl-Tyr-ArgOH or estrone-3-O-yl-acyl-Tyr-Arg-OH. Their analgesic activities were investigated using the tail flick test. The potency of the two linkers were significantly higher tha...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wang C,Zhao M,Yang J,Peng S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new steroidal alkaloids, 5,14-dehydro-N(a)-demethylsaracodine [3beta-N(a)-methyl-20S-N(b)-acetyl-N(b)-methylamino-pregn-5,14-diene] (1), 14-dehydro-N(a)-demethylsaracodine [3beta-N(a)-methyl-20S-N(b)-acetyl-N(b)-methylamino-5alpha-pregn-14-ene] (2), 16-dehydrosarcorine [(20S)-20-(N,N-dimethylamino)-3beta-(N(a)-ac...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Atta-ur-Rahman,Feroz F,Naeem I,Zaheer-ul-Haq,Nawaz SA,Khan N,Khan MR,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mass spectral elimination of water in epimeric 1,3-diols of vitamin D3 (colecalciferol) series has been investigated. It was found that the mass spectra of these steroisomers differ sharply in the relative intensities of the ions M-H2O (m/e 382) and a-H2O (m/e +/- 34), where ion a (formed via formal cleavage of th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zaretskii ZV

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new 4-methyl-progesteroids, nodulisporisteriod A (1) and nodulisporisteriod B (2), were isolated from the extract of an endolichenic fungal strain Nodulisporium sp. (No. 65-17-2-1), along with two related metabolites, demethoxyviridin (3) and inoterpene B (4). Their structures were determined by detailed spectrosc...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zheng QC,Chen GD,Kong MZ,Li GQ,Cui JY,Li XX,Wu ZY,Guo LD,Cen YZ,Zheng YZ,Gao H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through its collaboration with the ETH in Zurich (Ruzicka's group) and later on with the University of Basel (Reichstein's group). Ciba became involved very early in steroid chemistry. The main task of the chemists consisted at that time of the synthesis of natural hormones and their derivatives. Cholesterol served fo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Heusler K,Kalvoda J

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of 5alpha-reduction of testosterone by an anti-androgen TSAA-291 (16beta-ethyl-17beta-hydroxy-4-estren-3-one) was studied in rat ventral prostates and the metabolic conversion of 3H-TSAA-291 was examined both in vitro and in vivo. In the in vitro experiment using nuclear 5alpha-reductase of the prostate, 5a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sudo K,Yoshida K,Akinaga Y,Nakayama R

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00