D-homoannulation of 17alpha,21-dihydroxy-20-keto steroids (corticosteroids)

Angelo Liguori1, Francesca Perri, Carlo Siciliano

  • 1Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi della Calabria, Via P. Bucci cubo 15/c, I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy. A.Liguori@unical.it

Steroids
|November 23, 2006
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