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Microbial transformation of mestranol by Cunninghamella elegans
Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary1, Syed Ghulam Musharraf, Zafar Ali Siddiqui
1International Center for Chemical Sciences, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. hej@cyber.net.pk
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
|August 5, 2005
Abstract:
The microbial transformation of an oral contraceptive, mestranol (1) by Cunninghamella elegans yielded two hydroxylated metabolites, 6beta-hydroxymestranol (2) and 6beta,12beta-dihydroxymestranol (3). Metabolite 3 was found to be a new compound. These metabolites were structurally characterized on the basis of spectroscopic techniques.

