Open AccessTransformations of Progesterone by Basidiomycetes
Author(s) -
Eunice C. Schuytema,
Martha P. Hargie,
Donald J. Siehr,
Ilmar Merits,
Jay R. Schenck,
Muriel S. Smith,
Estie L. Varner
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0003-6919
DOI - 10.1128/am.11.3.256-259.1963
Subject(s) - transformation (genetics) , action (physics) , chromatography , chemistry , product (mathematics) , medicine , endocrinology , biology , biochemistry , physics , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics , gene
A total of 254 basidiomycete cultures have been examined for their action on progesterone. Of these, 54 showed transformation products by thin-film and gas-liquid chromatography. The major product formed by eight of these organisms acting on progesterone has been isolated and identified.
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