Showing papers by "Vincent C. O. Njar published in 1987"

TL;DR: A mild procedure for the conversion of steroid esters into the corresponding alcohols via lipase-catalyzed transesterification reaction in organic solvents is described and aspects of stereoselectivity and regioselectivities of the reaction are noted.

TL;DR: It is confirmed that the tetrol can indeed be trapped in the reductively terminated incubations of radioactive androst-4-ene-2 beta,3 beta,17 beta,19-tetrol, and in view of the results quoted above, the origin and the eventual biosynthetic role of the parent compound of the Tetrol remains to be determined.