… This technique measures the loss of tritium from the l#I-position of [l/3-3H]androstenedione
into water formed in the process of estrogen synthesis, and the tritium loss has been …

This study was undertaken as part of an investigation of the potential role of progesterone
metabolism within fetal membranes in the initiation of human labor. The results of this study …

Multiple isoforms of 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/delta 5—>4-isomerase (3 beta
HSD) are expressed in various mouse tissues in a tissue-specific, sex-specific, and …

The human fetal membranes appear to play an important role in transport and metabolism of
steroids, in the maintenance of pregnancy and perhaps in the metabolic processes leading …

… A., Putnam RS and Milewich L.: Peroxisome proliferation and induction of peroxisomal …
Marrero M., Prough RA, Frenkel RA and Milewich L.: Dehydroepiandrosterone feeding and …

… 3/?- and ZOa-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase were greater in amnion and chorion laeve
tissue obtained from a I6 weeks pregnancy than in those obtained from a 36 l/2 week and from a …

The cytochrome P-450s catalyze the oxidative transformation of a large number of endogenous
and exogenous chemicals in plants, insects, and mammals. One consequence of this …

The mass spectra of the 3-ethylene dioxy ketal, hemithioketal, and dithioketal derivatives of
cholestane and cholestan-4-one are compared. Thehemithioketal is found to be a poor …

An optimal assay system for the measurement of GC activity in subcellular fractions of human
placenta homogenates was developed. Mn 2+ was more effective than Mg 2+ as a cofactor …

… Except for an abstract, presented without data, where it was stated that 5~-A-dione was
determined by RIA in plasma of healthy subjects and patients with endocrine dysfunction[l 1], we …