The metabolism of 4-[4-Wlandrostene-3,17-dione, 4-[4r4C]pregnene-3,20-dione, 5&-[4-r4C]androstane-3cr,l7P-diol, 4,16-[70+~H]androstadien-3-one, [4-W]cholesterol, and 7~ hydroxy-4-[6P-3H]cholesten-3-one was studied in the microsomal fraction of livers from adult male and female rats which had been castrated neonatally or postpubertally. The effect of testosterone propionate treatment on postpube...

The previous studies in a series of 8-methoxy-1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-purin-7-yl derivatives revealed their analgesic properties. We extended the study with these compounds in aim to assess their impact on inflammatory process. For this purpose we used: the zymosan-induced peritonitis and the carrageenan-induced edema model. Furthermore, the antioxidant activity of the investigated compounds by ...

The screening of testosterone misuse in the doping control field is normally performed by the measurement of the ratio between the concentrations of testosterone and epitestosterone excreted as glucuronides (T/E). Despite the satisfactory results obtained with this approach, the measurement of T/E presents some limitations like the long-term detection of oral testosterone administration. Recent...

Progesterone was converted to 5alpha-pregnane-3alpha-ol-20-one, delta4-pregnene-20alpha-ol-3-one, delta4-pregnene-14alpha-ol-3,20-dione, delta4-pregnene-7beta,14alpha-diol-3,20-dione, and delta4-pregnene-6beta,11alpha-diol-3,20-dione by cell cultures of Lycopersicon esculentum. Cell cultures of Capsicum frutescens (green) metabolized progesterone to delta4-pregnene-20alpha-ol-3-one in very high...

A series of new aromatic esters based on 4,16-pregnadiene-6,20-dione skeleton, namely 3β-benzoyloxy-4,16-pregnadiene-6,20-dione and 3β-furoyloxy-4,16-pregnadiene- 6,20-dione, which may be good inhibitors for the 5α-reductase enzyme and show high antiandrogenic activity, were synthesized starting from diosgenin. The structures of the steroids were characterized by elemental analysis, 1H NMR, 13C...

the x-ray charge density analysis of a hydroxynaphthoquinnne derivative was obtained by multipolar hansen-coppens formalism refinement through high resolution x-ray diffraction data at 100(1) k. the molecularproperties of the title compound resulted from the combined experimental and the quantum theory of atoms inmolecules (qtaim) studies. the topological properties of the covalent bonds and of...

Mycobacterium smegmatis PTCC 1307 (CIP 73.26) was used as a microbial agent to produce androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD) and androst-4-ene-3,17-dione, two useful precursors in the synthesis of steroid drugs. The side chain of cholesterol, as the substrate, was selectively cleaved in the presence of five enzyme inhibitors. An intermediate structure with intact side chain, cholest-4-ene-3-one, ...

2-Substituted derivatives of indane-1,3-dione 3a–f , 5a–g, 6a–g were synthesized and investigated as anticoagulant agents. 2-Arylindane-1,3-diones (3) were obtained in the reaction of phthalide with appropriate arylaldehydes. 2-Arylmethyleneindane-1,3-diones (5) were prepared by condensation of indane-1,3-dione with the corresponding arylaldehydes. The compounds 5 were converted into their meth...

The synthesis and evaluation of the anticancer activity of 3'-aryl-5'-arylidene-spiro[3H-indole-3,2'-thiazolidine]-2,4'(1H)-diones and spiro[3H-indole-3,2'-thi-azolidine]-2,4'(1H)-dione-3'-alkanoic acid esters were described. The structure of the compounds was determined by (1)H and (13)C NMR and their in vitro anticancer activity was tested in the National Cancer Institute. Among the tested co...

In the title compound, C21H23N3O7, the pyrimidine-dione ring adopts a screw-boat conformation, whereas the cyclo-hexenone ring adopts an envelope conformation, with the C atom bearing the methyl groups as the flap atom. The dihedral angle between the mean planes of the pyrimidine-dione and cyclo-hexenone rings is 58.78 (2)°. The pyrimidine-dione and cyclo-hexenone rings form dihedral angles of ...