abstract：:The importance of computer-aided drug design and development is clear nowadays. These approaches smooth the way of designing some efficient candidates based on drugs in use. At this place, we studied the mechanism of D4-abiraterone (D4A), the active metabolite of Abiraterone (Abi), binding to CYP17A1 compared with Abi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mehralitabar H,Ghasemi AS,Gholizadeh J

更新日期：2021-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticosteroids were used normally as anti-inflammatory drugs. However, in some area certain corticosteroids might be illegally used as growth promoting agent in feed, and as prohibited doping substances in game and sport for human or/and animal performance-enhancing. Synthesized structural similar corticosteroids wer...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chen SY,Fang M,Lin YT,Tsai CF,Cheng HF,Wang DY

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are testosterone and testosterone-derivative compounds sporadically employed by athletes and increasingly used recreationally to acquire a competitive edge or improve body composition. Nevertheless, users are subject to undesired side effects majorly associated with tissue-specific a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Machek SB,Cardaci TD,Wilburn DT,Willoughby DS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely prescribed as adjuvant therapy for breast cancer patients. Unlike other steroid hormone receptors, the GC receptor is not considered an oncogene. Research in the past few years has revealed the complexity of GC-mediated signaling, but it remains puzzling whether GCs promote or inhibit ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Pang JM,Huang YC,Sun SP,Pan YR,Shen CY,Kao MC,Wang RH,Wang LH,Lin KT

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) supplementation has been anecdotally considered as a tool to improve body composition and health status. We aimed to verify the impact of DHEA supplementation on traditional measurements of body composition and blood pressure (BP) due to their clinical applicability. A meta-analysis of ra...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wang F,He Y,O Santos H,Sathian B,C Price J,Diao J

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical analysis of the fruits of Raphia vinifera led to the isolation of four new steroidal saponins (1-4), along with six known secondary metabolites (6-10). The structures of the isolated compounds were determined based on the analyses of NMR and mass spectrometric data, and chemical degradation reactions. Am...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chi GF,Sop RVT,Mbaveng AT,Omollo Ombito J,Fotso GW,Nguenang GS,Kuete V,Efferth T,Ngadjui BT

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Hydroxycitric acid (HCA), a dietary-derived weight loss supplement, competitively inhibits ATP citrate lyase (ACLY). Tamoxifen (TAM) is the most frequently used therapy for estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer patients, but its application was restricted due to efficacy related issues. Lipid metabolic reprogr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ismail A,Doghish AS,E M Elsadek B,Salama SA,Mariee AD

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：: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：:A novel synthetic route of producing ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) was developed through multiple reactions from cheap and commercially available bisnoralcohol (BA). The key reaction conditions, including solvents, bases and reaction temperatures of the route were investigated and optimized. In the straightforward route...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wang J,Gu XZ,He LM,Li CC,Qiu WW

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid hormone analysis is widely used in health- and stress-related research to get insights into various diseases and the adaption to stress. Hair analysis has been used as a tool for the long-term monitoring of these steroid hormones. In this study, a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) metho...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Voegel CD,Hofmann M,Kraemer T,Baumgartner MR,Binz TM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of novel 5α, 8α-endoperoxide steroidal hybrid derivatives containing isatin or indole substituents on the C-17 side chain were synthesized and characterized. The preliminary anti-proliferative activity of the compounds against HepG2, MCF-7, HT-29 and HeLa cell lines were investigated. Compounds 7g and 7l disp...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li H,Wang H,Wang J,Lin Y,Ma Y,Bu M

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:In an endeavour to develop potent anti-tumor agents from diosgenin, a series of C-6 derived 1,2,3-triazolyl derivatives were designed and synthesized by employing Cu(I) catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of novel azides - (22R,25R)-6β-azidospirostan-3β,5α-diol and 6β-azido-7α-hydroxyspirosta-1,4-dien...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mironov ME,Oleshko OS,Pokrovskii MA,Rybalova TV,Pechurov VK,Pokrovskii AG,Cheresis SV,Mishinov SV,Stupak VV,Shults EE

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:The concentration of estrogens in the body fluids of women is highly variable, due to the menstrual cycle, circadian oscillations, and other physiological and pathological causes. To date, only the cyclic fluctuations of the principal estrogens (estradiol and estrone) have been studied, with limited outcome of general...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bozzolino C,Vaglio S,Amante E,Alladio E,Gerace E,Salomone A,Vincenti M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term metabolite of the doping agent oxymetholone (OXM-M2, 17β-hydroxymethyl-2,17α-methyl-18-norandrost-13-en-3-one) which has been identified by GC-MS/MS was synthesized from commercially available materials. Two efficient synthetic routes to access both C-17 epimers of tentative metabolites were developed. The...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kratena N,Biedermann N,Stojanovic B,Göschl L,Weil M,Enev VS,Gmeiner G,Gärtner P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are quite substantial number of impurities related to dexamethasone or mometasone which cannot be made from respective Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients but from common intermediate 21-acetoxy-17α-hydroxy-16α-methyl-pregna-1,4,9(11)-triene-3,20-dione (12). As such, a robust and economical synthesis of this key i...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Das SK,Dubey MK,Buchhikonda R

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:20-Hydroxyecdysterone - (2β,3β,5β,22R)-2,3,14,20,22,25-hexahydroxycholest-7-en-6-one was isolated in satisfactory yield using ethanol extraction from the aerial part of Silene wolgensis (Hornem.) Otth; sometimes Silene wolgensis (Willd.) Bess. ex Spreng. The complexation of the phytoecdysteroid with β-cyclodextrin was...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Temirgaziyev BS,Kučáková K,Baizhigit YA,Jurášek M,Džubák P,Hajdúch M,Dolenský B,Drašar PB,Tuleuov BI,Adekenov SM

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:Estrogen plays a central role in the control of reproductive behaviour and in the regulation of neuroendocrine system. To elucidate the mechanism by which it controls the stress-modulated functions, it is important to understand how estrogenic effects are mediated. The distribution of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) pro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Niranjan MK,Srivastava R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotransformation of a synthetic progestonic hormone dydrogesterone (1), C21H28O2, with a plant pathogenic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina yielded two new 2 and 3, and a known 4 metabolites. These analogues were identified as, 3β,11α-dihydroxy-5β,9β,10α-pregna-7-ene-6,20-dione (2), 15β-hydroxy-9β,10α-pregna-4,6-diene-3...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wajid A,Ahmad MS,Yousuf S,Atia-Tul-Wahab,Jabeen A,Atta-Ur-Rahman,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endochondral bone formation is a precise and highly ordered process whose exact regulatory framework is still being elucidated. Multiple regulatory pathways are known to be involved. In some cases, regulation impacts gene expression, resulting in changes in chondrocyte phenotypic expression and extracellular matrix sy...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Asmussen N,Lin Z,McClure MJ,Schwartz Z,Boyan BD

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：: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

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：:A series of clickable bile acid-nucleosides conjugates linked directly or via amino acid linker were synthesized, and characterized by spectroscopic techniques such as 1H NMR, 13C NMR, FT-IR, HRMS and HPLC. The synthesized compounds 6a-p were screened for their in vitro anticancer property against a panel of three can...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Agarwal DS,Siva Krishna V,Sriram D,Yogeeswari P,Sakhuja R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sedentary lifestyle and over-nutrition are the main causes of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the same causes are major triggers of hypogonadism. Many T2D patients show low testosterone levels while hypogonadal men seem to be prone to become diabetic. Testosterone plays a major role in the regulation of mu...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Fink J,Matsumoto M,Tamura Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Counterfeiting and adulteration of pharmaceuticals is a prevalent problem worldwide and represents a major health risk to the population, with anabolic steroids being one of the main classes of drugs consumed and obtained from dubious sources. In this work, we propose the use of the 1H NMR technique to evaluate formul...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ribeiro MVM,Boralle N,Felippe LG,Pezza HR,Pezza L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel steroid, which we have named "Ionotropin". Its unique features are: [1] it has 23 carbon atoms and [2] it is a phosphocholine ester. There are no other known mammalian steroids with either structural feature. Ionotropin cross reacts with digoxin-specific antibodies and may be the long-sought, endog...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chasalow F,Pierce-Cohen L

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine sulfotransferase 2A1 (pSULT2A1) is a key enzyme involved in the testicular and hepatic sulfoconjugation of steroids such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and potentially androstenone. This latter steroid is a major cause of boar taint, which is an unpleasant off-odour and off-flavour in pork from male pigs. Su...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Laderoute H,Bone C,Squires EJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most pregnant women have symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) during pregnancy. Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy is associated with GERD. The effects of estradiol on lower esophageal sphincter (LES) motility and GERD are not clearly known. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tsai CC,Tey SL,Chang LC,Su YT,Lin KJ,Huang SC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A virulent culture of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the causal agent of ash dieback, was investigated for its production of secondary metabolites in a 70 L batch fermentation. Chemical analysis of the mycelial extract by means of flash chromatography and preparative HPLC led to the isolation of a new ergostane-type steroid...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Surup F,Halecker S,Nimtz M,Rodrigo S,Schulz B,Steinert M,Stadler M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence showed that the stress hormone corticosterone (CORT) injection resulted in dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis implicated in major depressive disorder. Magnolol, main constituent identified in the barks of Magnolia officinalis, exerted antidepressant effects in a rat model of depres...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bai Y,Song L,Dai G,Xu M,Zhu L,Zhang W,Jing W,Ju W

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review lays out the evidence for the role of E2 in homeostatic and hedonic feeding across several species. While significant effort has been expended on homeostatic feeding research, more studies for hedonic feeding need to be conducted (i.e. are there increases in meal size and enhanced motivation to natural foo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rivera HM,Stincic TL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are essential steroid hormones that regulate numerous metabolic and homeostatic functions in almost all physiological systems. Synthetic glucocorticoids are among the most commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of various conditions including autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases. G...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sulaiman RS,Kadmiel M,Cidlowski JA

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：: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