Archives of Pharmacal Research
- Volume 14 Issue 3
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- Pages.261-265
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- 1991
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- 0253-6269(pISSN)
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- 1976-3786(eISSN)
The Conversion of Lithocholic Acid into 5$\beta$ -Androstan-3, 17-dione in the Cell-free System of Mycobacterium sp. NRRL B-3805
- Lee, Kang-Man (College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University) ;
- Park, Hye-Kyung (College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University)
- Published : 1991.09.01
Abstract
In a microbial cell-free extract system, side chain cleavage on various sterols and steroids was tested. The cell-free extracts of Mycobacterium sp. NRRL B-3805 showed the side chain cleavage activity on lithocholic acid to form 5
Keywords
- Mycobacterium sp;
- NRRL B-3805;
- cell-free system;
- side chanin cleavage;
- lithocholic acid;
- 5$\beta$-androstan-3;
- 17-dione