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Microbiological transformations of steroids

Communication 2. Reduction of 17α,21-dihydroxy 20-keto steroids with the aid of Actinomyces albus 3006

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A culture ofActinomyces albus 3006 can effect the selective and stereospecific reduction of the C-20 keto group of corticosteroids and their Δ1-dehydro analogs with formation of the corresponding 20β-hydroxy compounds.

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  1. Institute for the Chemistry of Natural Products and Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, USSR

    Leonid M. Kogan, I. V. Ulezlo, G. K. Skryabin, N. N. Suvorov & I. V. Torgov

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Kogan, L.M., Ulezlo, I.V., Skryabin, G.K. et al. Microbiological transformations of steroids. Russ Chem Bull 12, 298–300 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00846401

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