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Microbial side‐chain degradation of sterols
Author(s) -
Kieslich K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.3620250713
Subject(s) - diosgenin , degradation (telecommunications) , side chain , steroid , chemistry , microbial biodegradation , raw material , biochemical engineering , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology , computer science , microorganism , bacteria , engineering , polymer , telecommunications , hormone , genetics
Apart from the broadly used diosgenin and some further natural compounds sterols gained an increasing importance as raw material for the synthesis of steroid drugs. Parallel to the elucidation of the pathways of the enzymatic degradation of sterols technical processes were developed for a specific degradation of the side‐chain to useful primary products. A review is given on the present state of this field and the trends to further improvements.