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Mahsa Zoghi1, Somayyeh Gandomkar1, Zohreh Habibi1
1Department of Pure Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University G.C, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
In this study, the biotransformation of progesterone (1) and testosterone enanthate (5) using the whole cells of Circinella muscae was investigated for the first time. Microbial transformation of 1 with C. muscae afforded three known metabolites including 9α-hydroxyprogesterone (2), 14α-hydroxyprogesterone (3) and 6β,14α dihydroxyprogesterone (4) after 6 days of incubation at 26 °C. The biotransformation of 5 with C. muscae yielded a new metabolite; 8β,14α-dihydroxytestosterone (8), in addition to two known metabolites; 6β-hydroxytestosterone (6), and 9α-hydroxytestosterone (7). The structure of the metabolites were established on the basis of spectroscopic data.
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