STEROID RESEARCH AT SYNTEX - THE PILL AND CORTISONE

被引:60
作者
DJERASSI, C
机构
[1] Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
关键词
STEROIDS; SYNTEX; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; CORTISONE; NORETHINDRONE; NORETHYNODREL;
D O I
10.1016/0039-128X(92)90016-3
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The period from late 1949 through 1951 was an extraordinarily productive one in steroid chemistry and especially so at Syntex S.A. in Mexico City. Two of the most important Syntex contributions-the synthesis of 19-nor-17alpha-ethynyltestosterone (norethindrone) and of cortisone from diosgenin-are described from a historical perspective.
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页码:631 / 641
页数:11
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