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Microbiological degradation of sterol side chains to a 17-keto group
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, (2008/06/13)
The side chains of sterols are degraded by fermentation with microorganisms capable of doing so in an improved manner by employing in such fermentations sterol derivatives of the formula STR1 wherein n is 1 or 2; R1 is H or lower alkyl, R2 is alkyl, whose chain optionally is interrupted by an oxygen atom, or when n is 2, also a hydrogen atom; and R3 is a sterol side chain.
