The status of oxygen atoms in the removal of C-19 in oestrogen biosynthesis
- 31 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 3,p. 129-130
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39810000129
Abstract
Three O2-dependent reactions are involved in the removal of C-19 as formate, in oestrogen biosynthesis; it is shown that the oxygen atoms introduced in steps 1 and 3 of the proces are the ones which are found in the biosynthetic formate.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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