Withanolides from the stems and leaves of Physalis pubescens and their cytotoxic activity.

abstract：:5 alpha-(17R,20R)-14,15-Secocholestane (12) was synthesized from cholesterol (1) in 12 steps. The key intermediate, 5 alpha-cholest-14-en-3 beta-yl acetate (4), underwent ozonization, reduction, hydrolysis, and oxidation to provide 5 alpha-14,15-secocholesta-3,14,15-trione (8). One of the Clemmensen reduction products...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li TS,Li YL,Liang XT

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol benzoate (EB) has been one of the most widely used estrogenic agents in animal husbandry, as a way of exogenously introducing the natural hormone estradiol-17β into the animal organism. Estradiol was previously employed to induce anabolic effects or reproductive improvements in cattle. However, the employmen...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Regal P,Nebot C,Díaz-Bao M,Barreiro R,Cepeda A,Fente C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7-Oxo-dehydroepiandrosterone, which can be formed from dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) by several mammalian tissues, is more effective than its parent steroid as an inducer of thermogenic enzymes when administered to rats. Using the Morris water maze procedure, we tested DHEA and its 7-oxo-derivative for their ability t...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shi J,Schulze S,Lardy HA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen sulfamates are promising hormones by oral administration. Therefore, generally applicable and convenient methods for the multigram synthesis of these derivatives are desirable. Numerous estra-1,3,5(10)-trienes derived from estrone, estradiol. 14 alpha,15 alpha-methylenestradiol, ethinylestradiol, and estriol ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Schwarz S,Thieme I,Richter M,Undeutsch B,Henkel H,Elger W

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dioscorea panthaica is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb used in the treatment of various physiological conditions, including cardiovascular disease, gastropathy and hypertension. Steroidal saponins (SS) are the main active ingredients of this herb and have effects on myocardial ischemia and cancer. The phytochemic...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wang W,Zhao Y,Jing W,Zhang J,Xiao H,Zha Q,Liu A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay of three deoxycorticoids, namely 11 beta,17 alpha-dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione (21-deoxycortisol), 17 alpha,21-dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione (11-deoxycortisol), and 21-hydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione (11-deoxycorticosterone) which are important for differential diagnosis of congenital adrenal dis...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hill M,Lapcík O,Hampl R,Stárka L,Putz Z

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preparation of 3-oxo-4-azasteroid from A-nor-3,5-secosteroid-3-oic acid is described in a solventless condition catalysed by Lewis acid under microwave irradiation. We utilized urea as an environmentally benign source for the generation of ammonia for the aza cyclization reaction. ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Borthakur M,Boruah RC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioactive mestranol (ME) and/or ethynylestradiol (EE) were administered to women in Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and the USA, and the types and patterns of radioactive urinary conjugates examined by Sephadex LH-20 chromatography. There are no differences in the total excretion of urinary radioactivity over 3 days. Consistent...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Williams MC,Goldzieher JW

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of sex steroids in cervical mucus was performed at different phases of spontaneous or clomiphene-citrate-induced ovulatory cycles. To this end, 11 women with normal ovulatory cycles and 9 subjects with polycystic ovary syndrome of comparable age and body mass index were investigated. Serum and cervical mucu...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Adamopoulos DA,Kapolla N,Abrahamian A,Dessypris A,Nicopoulou S,Giannacodemos G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) increases the growth and osteolytic potential of prostate cancer cells, making it important to control PTHrP expression in these cells. We show that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) and its non-hypercalcemic analog, EB1089, decrease PTHrP mRNA and cellular protein leve...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sepulveda VA,Weigel NL,Falzon M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A time course study to measure adrenal cortical function was undertaken for the period prior to the development of hypertension until the onset of hypertension in the adrenal-regeneration hypertension (ARH) model. Quiescent rat kills were used so that all adrenal cortical parameters investigated would reflect basal or...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bergon L,Gallant S,Brownie AC

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo retention of 3-H-testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), 3alpha-androstanediol (3alpha-DIOL), 3beta-DIOL, androstenedione, progesterone and cortisol by renal cytoplasm and nuclei of male and female mice was studied. Testosterone was the major androgen isolated from cytoplasm and nuclei following testoster...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bullock LP,Bardin CW

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adiponectin, an insulin-sensitive hormone that is primarily synthesized in adipose tissue, exerts its effects by binding to two receptors, adipoR1 and adipoR2. Little is known regarding the effects of glucocorticoids on the expression of adiponectin receptors. METHODS:Male Wistar rats were bilaterally adren...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： de Oliveira C,Iwanaga-Carvalho C,Mota JF,Oyama LM,Ribeiro EB,Oller do Nascimento CM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure utilizing co-chromatography and complementary antiserum comparisons was employed to assess the specificity of a cortisol radioimmunoassay for use in the chronically catheterized fetal sheep preparation. Complementary antiserum comparisons is a technique by which two different cortisol antisera, prepared fr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Magyar DM,Buster JE,Elsner CW,Nathanielsz PW,Oliveros R,Abraham GE

更新日期：1979-01-01 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 hormone 1alpha,25(OH)2vitamin D3 (1,25-D) produces biological responses via both genomic and rapid mechanisms. The genomic responses are linked to a nuclear receptor, while the rapid responses are believed to utilize other signal transduction pathways that are likely linked to a putative cell membrane receptor for...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Norman AW,Song X,Zanello L,Bula C,Okamura WH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using cultured Y-1 mouse adrenal tumor cells which produce 20 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (20-DHP), it was found that 0.01 mM corticosterone and deoxycorticosterone increased basal and inhibited ACTH-induced 20-DHP production during consecutive 30 and 120 min incubations. Steroid effects were concentration-dependent...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mattson MP,Mrotek JJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel steroid, 1alpha,3beta,5beta-trihydroxy-24-methylenecholestan-6-one (gibberoketosterol) (1), along with four known steroids, was isolated from the lipophilic extracts of a Taiwanese soft coral Sinularia gibberosa. The structure of the new metabolite was determined on the basis of extensive spectral analyses and...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ahmed AF,Dai CF,Kuo YH,Sheu JH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid hormones regulating various aspects of plant metabolism, including growth, development and stress responses. However, little is known about the mechanism of their impact on antioxidant systems and phospholipid turnover. Using tobacco plants overexpressing H+/Ca2+vacuolar Arabidopsis ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kretynin SV,Kolesnikov YS,Derevyanchuk MV,Kalachova TA,Blume YB,Khripach VA,Kravets VS

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of an estrogen-binding protein similar to a known mammalian estrogen receptor (ER) is described in the estradiol-dependent reproduction of the helminth parasite Taenia crassiceps. Previous results have shown that 17-β-estradiol induces a concentration-dependent increase in bud number of in vitro cultured cyst...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ibarra-Coronado EG,Escobedo G,Nava-Castro K,Jesús Ramses CR,Hernández-Bello R,García-Varela M,Ambrosio JR,Reynoso-Ducoing O,Fonseca-Liñán R,Ortega-Pierres G,Pavón L,Hernández ME,Morales-Montor J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of estrogen 2-hydroxylase can be utilized in studying the kinetics of this cytochrome P450 enzyme complex and in elucidating the structural requirements of the active site. The conversion of estrogens to 2-hydroxyestrogens in rat liver microsomal preparations was examined using two radiotracer assays, the c...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Brueggemeier RW,Kimball JG

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of steroidal and nonsteroidal Michael acceptors that represent reaction products for 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase were synthesized and evaluated as potential enzyme-generated inactivators. Introduction of exocyclic olefins either at C-2 or C-6 produced inhibitors with high affinity for the enzyme (0.0...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Penning TM,Thronton R,Ricigliano JW

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we report the synthesis of four fluorinated analogues of brassinosteroids in which fluorine was introduced stereoselectively at C-2. The bioactivity of these new compounds was evaluated using the rice lamina inclination test. The results show that two of these analogues elicit high bioactivity, suggestin...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Acebedo SL,Ramírez JA,Galagovsky LR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free sterol mixture of the sponge Psammaplysilla purpurea was shown to contain aplysterol as the major constituent. In addition to other sterols such as 5,7-cholestadien-3beta-ol, cholesterol, 5alpha-cholestan-3beta-ol, 24epsilon-methylcholesta-5,22-dien-3beta-ol, 24epsilon--methylcholesterol, 24epsilon-ethylchole...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ayanoglu E,Djerassi C,Erdman TR,Scheuer PJ

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine problem affecting women of reproductive age and is investigated from many regions of the world. Some reports have indicated ethnic difference in its manifestation. This review addressed the evidences for ethnic variation in the expression of PCOS phenotypes...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhao Y,Qiao J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimegestone (TMG) is a novel 19-norpregnane progestin under development for hormone replacement therapy and oral contraception. The objective of the current study was to characterize the potency and steroid receptor selectivity of TMG in several in vitro assays and to compare its activity to that of medroxyprogestero...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhang Z,Lundeen SG,Zhu Y,Carver JM,Winneker RC

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abilities of a variety of estrogens and antiestrogens to stimulate DNA synthesis in the prepuberal rat uterus were compared. One microgram of each compound was administered in vivo via a single intraperitoneal injection. DNA synthesis was assayed in vitro in isolated nuclei 24 h later. The relative mitogenicities ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Stack G,Korach K,Gorski J

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) reduces body fat in rodents and humans, and increases glycerol release from isolated rat epididymal adipocytes and human visceral adipose tissue explants. It suggests that DHEA stimulates triglyceride hydrolysis in adipose tissue; however, the mechanisms underlying this action are still u...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Karbowska J,Kochan Z

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 7 alpha-methyl substituent is reported to increase the binding affinity of estradiol for the estrogen receptor (ER). In order to evaluate whether this substituent would improve the in vitro binding characteristics and the in vivo tissue distribution of 18F labeled estrogens that we are developing as positron emiss...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： VanBrocklin HF,Liu A,Welch MJ,O'Neil JP,Katzenellenbogen JA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic transformations of steroids for drug discovery and improvement of drug effectiveness have been an important part of modern medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences. Pentacyclic triterpenoids, being represented in the nature by various structures and biogenetically related to steroids, can largely expa...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tolmacheva IA,Nazarov AV,Eroshenko DV,Grishko VV

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00