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Abstract
The echinoderms Asterias rubens and Marthasterias glacialis metabolize injected [4-(14)C]progesterone to give labelled 3beta-hydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-20-one and 3beta,6alpha-dihydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-20-one. These radioactive products are converted by the animals into conjugated forms that are soluble in aqueous methanol, and which have mobilities on t.l.c. similar to the asterosaponins.Entities:
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Year: 1974 PMID: 4822736 PMCID: PMC1166209 DOI: 10.1042/bj1380309
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857