Blood pressure changes following chronic administration to rats of 3beta,16beta-dihydroxy-5-androsten-17-one, 3beta,17beta-dihydroxy-5-androsten-16-one and 21-hydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione-21-acetate.

abstract：:Bile acid salts are biosurfactants which form mixed micelles with phospholipids in vertebrates. These mixed micelles are suitable for solubilisation of cholesterol. For therapeutic purposes some bile acid salts as sodium ursocholate are used. However, bile acid anions possess low capacity for solubilisation of cholest...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Poša M,Bjedov S,Sebenji A,Sakač M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven new 14,15-seco-pregnane-type steroidal glycosides, cynanosides P1-P5, Q1-Q3, R1-R3, and a novel 12,13-seco-14,18-nor-pregnane-type steroidal glycoside, cynanoside S, were isolated from the roots of Cynanchum atratum, together with four known compounds, atratoside C, sublanceoside E3, chekiangensoside C and cyna...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bai H,Li W,Asada Y,Satou T,Wang Y,Koike K

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：: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 incorporation of the heterocycles into the steroid nucleus has been recognized as a useful strategy to develop new steroidal agents for disease treatment. Representative examples are abiraterone and galeterone, which are presently used in clinic for the treatment of advanced prostate cancers. Herein we have develo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yang YT,Du S,Wang S,Jia X,Wang X,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：: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：:Sphenocentrum jollyanum seeds (MeOH extract and n butanol fraction) exhibited urease inhibitory activity (IC50 40.0 ± 0.92, 28.6 ± 0.41). The Ethyl acetate (EtOAc) fraction gave significant antacid activity with an increase in the baseline pH value of 1.2 to 1.61 ± 0.00 and 1.53 ± 0.00 at 50 and 100 mg, respectively, ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Akinwumi IA,Sonibare MA,Yeye EO,Khan M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatase (CYP19A1) is an integral membrane enzyme that catalyzes the removal of the 19-methyl group and aromatization of the A-ring of androgens. All human estrogens are synthesized from their androgenic precursors by this unique cytochrome P450. The crystal structure of active aromatase purified from human placenta ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ghosh D,Jiang W,Lo J,Egbuta C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is thought to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of chronic diabetic complications. We investigated the protective effects of 17 beta-estradiol (E2) on alloxan-induced stress oxidant, hepatic dysfunction and histological changes in male rats liver and pancreas. Our results showed that 17 beta-est...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hamden K,Carreau S,Boujbiha MA,Lajmi S,Aloulou D,Kchaou D,Elfeki A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As demonstrated for pregnenolone, saturated ketones are conveniently alpha-hydroxymethylated by their transformation into a lithium enolate and by the reaction of the latter with formaldehydr. The 17-hydroxymethylpregnenolone prepared by this method in very good yield was readily converted to 17-hydroxymethylprogester...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mukherjee D,Engel CR

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingernail clipping is expected to be a specimen for steroid testing, because it has several advantages over blood; i.e., noninvasive collection, ease of storage, portability and handling, and possibility for an assessment of the steroid status over a relatively long and retrospective time window. In this study, we ex...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Higashi T,Yamagata K,Kato Y,Ogawa Y,Takano K,Nakaaze Y,Iriyama T,Min JZ,Ogawa S

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:Trilostane is a competitive inhibitor of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. In vitro, the drug inhibits conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone but does not alter conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone nor progesterone to corticoid hormones. When given orally to rats, trilostane inhibits corticosterone and aldo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Potts GO,Creange JE,Hardomg HR,Schane HP

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the metabolism of deoxycorticosterone in A6 cells, a continuous cell line derived from the kidney of Xenopus laevis. A6 cells at confluence were incubated with serum-free culture media containing 2.5 microM [3H] deoxycorticosterone. When radioactive compounds in incubation media were separated by ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Matsuzaki K,Arai T,Miyazaki T,Yasuda K

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3beta-Hydroxy sterols occurring at a concentration of at least 0.001% of the sterol mixtures of Pseudoplexaura porosa and Plexaura homomalla have been fractionated using a series of refined techniques and subsequently analyzed using combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in the development of a procedur...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Popov S,Carlson RM,Wegmann A,Djerassi C

更新日期：1976-11-01 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：:Two isomeric dimeric steroids, 3,3'-bis(methyl 3-hydroxyandrost-4-en-17-on-19-oate-3-yl), with symmetrical (alpha, alpha') and unsymmetrical structures (alpha,beta'), have been obtained by reduction of methyl androst-4-ene-3,17-dion-19-oate with zinc in aqueous acetic acid together with the major products, the isomeri...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Templeton JF,Majgier-Baranowska H,Marat K

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the aerial parts of Euphorbia sogdiana Popov, obtusifoliol (1) and two related steroids (2-3) have been isolated and characterized along with a known cycloartane derivative (4). The chemical structure of the obtusifoliol-related compounds, obtained by 1D and 2D NMR, and MS measurements, have been determined as: 3...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Aghaei M,Yazdiniapour Z,Ghanadian M,Zolfaghari B,Lanzotti V,Mirsafaee V

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:18,20-Epoxy-11 beta,17 alpha,20 beta,21-tetrahydroxypregn-4-en-3-one was synthesized by the application of hypoiodite reaction to the cortisol acetonide. The intermediary 18-iodo derivative was converted to the 11-oxo steroid by chromic acid prior to silver ion-assisted solvolysis. Removal of the protective group with...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kurosawa T,Ikegawa S,Chiba H,Ito Y,Nakagawa S,Kobayashi K,Tohma M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep apnea is a disorder, which increasingly affects people worldwide. Whether the associated hypoxic events during sleep are central or obstructive in origin, the end result is excessive daytime sleepiness and an increased risk for several comorbidities, such as cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders. Sleep ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Snyder B,Cunningham RL

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:The role played by progestogens in modulating Schwann cell pathophysiology is well established. Progestogens exert their effects in these cells through both classical genomic and non-genomic mechanisms, the latter mediated by the GABA-A receptor. However, there is evidence that other receptors may be involved. Membran...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Castelnovo LF,Magnaghi V,Thomas P

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of progesterone derivatives, having a 17 alpha-acetoxy group and various functions at C-3 and C-6, interact at the cardiac glycoside (CG) binding site, using [3H]ouabain in a radioligand binding assay (RBA) with membranes from dog myocardium. We now report on results of structure-activity studies concerned wi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Templeton JF,Kumar VP,Kim RS,LaBella FS

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By analyzing the steroidal content of fresh whole plants of Tacca subflabellata (Taccaceae), we isolated one sapogenin and eight glycosides with four kinds of steroidal skeletons including four new glycosides, named taccasubosides A-D (1-4), together with five known compounds. Among them, compound 1 is the first penta...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li L,Ni W,Li XR,Hua Y,Fang PL,Kong LM,Pan LL,Li Y,Chen CX,Liu HY

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The cut-off value for salivary cortisol measurement for the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome (CS) may depend both on the severity of the disease and the composition of control group. Therefore, we examined the utility of midnight salivary cortisol measurements in patients who were evaluated for signs and sympt...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sereg M,Toke J,Patócs A,Varga I,Igaz P,Szücs N,Horányi J,Pusztai P,Czirják S,Gláz E,Rácz K,Tóth M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of a radioiodinated diethylstilbestrol (DES) derivative is described. This derivative was prepared by coupling the previously synthesized active ester of 6-(4-O-diethylstilbestryl)hexanoic acid with mono-[125I]iodotyramine in dry tetrahydrofuran (20 to 22 C, 16 hours). The mono-[125I]iodotyramine was pre...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Economou EV,Livaniou E,Evangelatos GP,Ithakissios DS

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus niger, one of fungal species most frequently used for experimental and industrial-scale biotransformations of various organic compounds, is generally known to transform steroids at 16β position. In this work, application of the strain A. niger KCH910 to bioconversion of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), andro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Świzdor A,Panek A,Milecka-Tronina N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 21-hydroxy analogues of 11,19-oxidoprogesterone and 6,19-oxidoprogesterone have been synthesized from readily available materials. Hydroxylation at C-21 was effected with iodosobenzene (from phenyliodosodiacetate and methanolic potassium hydroxide) on a 20-ketopregnane. For the 11,19-oxido derivative, the hydroxyl...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Veleiro AS,Nevado MV,Monteserín MC,Burton G

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:15alpha-Hydroxydehydroisoandrosterone and 15alpha-hydroxypregnenolone were isolated from hydrolyzed extracts of human late pregnancy urine and identified by means of the isotope dilution technique. In two separate determinations the excretion rate of 15alpha-hydroxydehydroisoandrosterone was found to be 1.7 and 3.2 mi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Stanczyk FZ,Stern M,Solomon S

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00