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6β-Hydroxy-3,5-cycloandrostan-17-one is related to the naturally occurring steroid dehydroepiandrosterone in that it can be readily converted to dehydroepiandrosterone under acidic conditions and can be produced by hydrolysis of solutions of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate at elevated temperatures at neutral pH1. In addition it has been suggested that the 3,5-cyclosteroids have an ‘anti-fatigue’ effect2. For these reasons it seemed of interest to examine the metabolism of this steroid.
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DAVIDSON, D., FOTHERBY, K. Metabolism of 6β-Hydroxy-3,5-cycloandrostan-17-one by Rabbit Liver in vitro. Nature 206, 933 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206933a0
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