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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140763203321

Autore

Lednicer Daniel <1929->

Titolo

Steroid chemistry at a glance / / Daniel Lednicer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2010

ISBN

1-119-95729-X

1-282-81759-0

9786612817595

0-470-66084-8

0-470-97363-3

0-470-97362-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

Chemistry At a Glance

Disciplina

547.7

Soggetti

Steroids

Biochemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Steroid Chemistry at a Glance; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Steroids: a Brief History; 2 Sources of Steroids; 3 Estranes: Steroids in Which Ring A is Aromatic; 4 Gonanes or 19-nor-Steroids; 5 Androstanes, C19 Steroids and Their Derivatives; 6 Pregnanes, Part 1: Progestins; 7 Pregnanes, Part 2: Corticosteroids; 8 Miscellaneous Steroids; Subject Index; Reactions Index

Sommario/riassunto

The term steroid has become virtually synonymous with drug abuse in sport to the majority of the public. However these steroids - androgens - actually comprise only a single relatively small class of biologically active steroids, and are overshadowed by a large collection of compounds, a sizeable number of which are commercial drugs that share the same structural carbon skeleton. The development of these drugs has led to a large body of organic chemistry often denoted as ""Steroid Chemistry"". Steroid Chemistry At A Glance provides a concise overview of the main principles and reactio