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Preparation of steroidal hormones with an emphasis on transformations of phytosterols and cholesterol - a review

Yosef Al Jasem, Mubashar Khan, Ahmed Taha, Thies Thiemann

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Today, there is a big market for steroidal hormones as well as for their derivatives. This review traces the development in steroidal production from the first milligram-scale isolation of the products to their semi-synthesis from sapogenins, their total synthesis and finally their microbial enzymatic preparation from phytosterols.

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