Microbial transformation of danazol with Cunninghamella blakesleeana and anti-cancer activity of danazol and its transformed products.

abstract：:Preimplantation rabbit embryos were incubated with pregnenolone and dehydroisoandrosterone under conditions which gave formazan precipitation by the histochemical technique. The metabolic fate of the labeled steroids was assessed simultaneously. There was no concomitant transformation of pregnenolone to progesterone a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bleau G

更新日期：1981-02-01 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：:Guinea pig adrenal estrogen sulfotransferase from either sex was eluted as a single peak, irrespective of buffer salt concentration, when subjected to fast protein liquid chromatography on gel filtration columns. The same enzyme was consistently eluted in two distinct peaks during chromatofocusing. Adrenal pregnenolon...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Glasier MA,Glutek SM,Hobkirk R

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are the standard of care in asthma and are widely used in the treatment of patients with COPD. The influence of steroids on inflammatory processes has long been established since glucocorticoids and their receptor belong to the regulatory network involved in inhibition of several inflamma...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sadowska AM,Klebe B,Germonpré P,De Backer WA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmitochondrial supernatant (PMS) (1) has been prepared from the homogenate of rat seminal vesicles and the characteristics of the binding reaction of 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) to the cytoplasmic androgen receptor have been studied using a charcoal adsorption procedure. At 0 degrees C apparent equilibrium of ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zakár T,Tóth M

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human placental estradiol 17 beta-dehydrogenase (E.C. 1.1.1.62) was inactivated at pH 6.3 by 3-bromo [2'-14C] acetoxy-1,3,5(10) estratrien-17-one, a know substrate. The affinity-alkylated enzyme was then hydrolyzed by trypsin. Radioactive peptides were initially isolated by gel filtration and identified according to w...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Murdock GL,Warren JC

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deltonin is a steroidal saponin which could suppress tumor growth through suppressing angiogenesis, but the mechanisms have not been directly elucidated yet. In the present study, we showed that deltonin inhibited the proliferation of primary cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro; notably, ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tong Q,Zhao Q,Qing Y,Hu X,Jiang L,Wu X

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult female mice were adrenalectomized and ovariectomized and the concentration of Type I and Type II receptors in whole brain, kidney, and liver cytosol determined at various time thereafter by incubation with [3H]aldosterone (+ RU 26988 to prevent binding to Type II receptors) or [3H]dexamethasone, respectively. Ty...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Luttge WG,Rupp ME

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the oxidation of cholesta-5,7-dien-3beta-yl acetate (4) with the urea-hydrogen peroxide adduct (UHP) using methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) as catalyst, under various conditions. Specifically, the effects of using different solvents (CHCl(3) and ethers) and additives (EtOH and pyridine) on the course o...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Musumeci D,Sica D

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CGS 16949A inhibited the conversion of [4-14C]androstenedione (A) to [4-14C]estrone by human placental microsomes in a competitive manner (Ki = 1.6 nM). Aminoglutethimide, also a competitive inhibitor, had a Ki = 0.7 microM in this assay system. The Km for the aromatization of A was 0.11 microM. Using ovarian microsom...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Steele RE,Mellor LB,Sawyer WK,Wasvary JM,Browne LJ

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our effort to develop imaging agents for brain glucocorticoid receptors, we have prepared several novel glucocorticoids possessing a 2-methylsulfanyl-acetyl side chain. The synthesis was accomplished via a Mitsunobu reaction with thiobenzoic acid starting from cortisol, prednisolone, dexamethasone and triamcinolone...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wuest F,Carlson KE,Katzenellenbogen JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper revealed the expression pattern of ERα in the ovoviviparous teleost, Sebastes schlegeli. In this paper, we isolated the cDNA encoding for estrogen receptor alpha of black rockfish (S. schlegeli) from its ovary, named as black rockfish ERα (brfERα). The cDNA sequence of brfERα consists of 2972bp with an open...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shi D,Wen HS,He F,Li JF,Yang YP,Chen CF,Zhang JR,Chen XY,Jin GX,Shi B,Qi BX,Li N

更新日期：2011-12-20 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：:Aldosterone induces fibrotic changes in cardiovascular tissues but its effects have usually been demonstrated in models of pre-existing renal injury and/or hypertension. This study tests the hypothesis that aldosterone can directly induce vascular fibrotic changes in the absence of prior renal injury or hypertension. ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Brem AS,Morris DJ,Li X,Ge Y,Shaw S,Gong R

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:The ability of human adult adrenal to utilize progesterone (P4) for cortisol (F) synthesis in vitro has been compared with that of fetal adrenal tissue. Explant cultures were studied for 6 days using Ham's F10 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), with or without added P4 as substrate. Short-term (4h)...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Branchaud CL,Lipowski L,Dhanani B,Goodyer CG,Lefebvre Y

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a whole cell suspension assay technique, we have examined both the specific binding of testosterone (T) and dihydrotestosterone (17 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstan-3-one) (DHT) and the subsequent distribution of androgen binding activity within MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. We have observed that both androgens...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： MacIndoe JH,Woods GR,Lee FJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are currently two main candidates for the membrane receptor for 1,25(OH)2D3: the 1,25D3-MARRS protein/ERp57; and the classical VDR. The 1,25D3-MARRS protein is essential for hormone-stimulated phosphate and calcium uptake in chick intestinal cells, whereas the VDR is not. The 1,25D3-MARRS protein also shows a hi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Nemere I

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the distribution of 5 alpha-reductase and 3 alpha(beta)-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities throughout the intact hyperplastic prostate gland and relate these measurements to the fibromuscular/epithelial composition and to the gross glandular morphology. The relative capacities of the stroma an...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Habib FK,Beynon L,Chisholm GD,Busuttil A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contraceptive methods for breastfeeding women should be safe for the mother and infant and should not interfere with lactation. Progestin-only methods meet these conditions and can be used from the sixth week postpartum. Because all progestins are excreted in milk, those that are insufficiently active by the oral rout...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Massai R,Díaz S,Jackanicz T,Croxatto HB

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis tested in the present work is that estrone non-genomically regulates aortic nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX) activities in female rats, and that such regulation depends on ovarian function. We found that physiological concentrations of estrone (E(1)) (0.1-10nM) significantly increase...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Selles J,Polini N,Alvarez C,Massheimer V

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel C6-piperazine substituted purine nucleoside analogues (2-9) bearing a modified pyranose-like D ring of the 4-azasteroid moiety were efficiently synthesized through nucleophilic substitution at C6 position of the steroid-nucleoside precursors (1) with versatile piperazines. All newly-synthesized compounds were ev...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Huang LH,Xu HD,Yang ZY,Zheng YF,Liu HM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using dehydroepiandrosterone as the starting material, we have synthesized a series of steroid analogs possessing a D-ring fused with heterocycles which are pyridine, imidazo [2,1-b]thiazoles or substituted thiazole imines. All the final structures are first reported and identified by NMR and MS spectroscopys, the yie...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhang BL,Zhang E,Pang LP,Song LX,Li YF,Yu B,Liu HM

更新日期：2013-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding activity of four vitamin D metabolites and/or analogs for the intestinal 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor was evaluated after incubation at 25 degrees C for 1 h or at 0-4 degrees C for 18 h. The incubation conditions, which had no effect on the binding of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, had a dramatic effect on...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Link RP,DeLuca HF

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：:Chick kidney and brain were analyzed for the subcellular distribution (if any) of a putative plasma membrane receptor for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3]. Fractionation protocols were found to be based not only on differential centrifugation conditions, but also gentleness of resuspension procedures, and suffic...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jia Z,Nemere I

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are an important class of anti-inflammatory/immunosuppressive drugs. A crucial part of their anti-inflammatory action results from their ability to repress proinflammatory transcription factors such as nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and activator protein-1 (AP-1) upon binding to the glucocorticoid receptor ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Cechin SR,Buchwald P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[7beta-3H]-(24R and 24S)-27-nor-24-methyl-3alpha,7alpha-dihydroxy-5beta-cholestan-26-oic acids and [7beta-3H]-27-nor-3alpha,7alpha-dihydroxy-5beta-cholestan-26-oic acid (C27 and C26 bile acids having the same nuclear configuration as cheno-deoxycholic acid and its precursor, 3alpha,7alpha-dihydroxy-5beta-cholestan-26-...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kihira K,Mosbach EH

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adverse effects of hypercortisolism on the human brain have been highlighted in previous studies of Cushing's disease (CD). However, the reversibility of brain damage after the resolution of hypercortisolism remains unclear. Thus, we studied the potential volumetric reversibility in biochemically remitted CD patie...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jiang H,Liu C,Pan SJ,Ren J,He NY,Sun YH,Bian LG,Yan FH,Yang WJ,Sun QF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simplified, non-chromatographic method for aldosterone-gamma-lactone (2) radio-immunoassay is described, using a high titer aldosterone-gamma-lactone antibody. This method takes six working hours for completion; the blanks are below the sensitivity of the assay (0-10 pg), and the intra and interassay coefficient of ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Antunes JR,Dale SL,Melby JC

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00