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Title Molecular structure and biological activity of steroids / edited by Martin Bohl, William L. Duax
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (484 pages)
Series CRC revivals
CRC revivals.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- EDITORS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Steroid Structure and Function from X-Ray Crystallographic Studies -- Chapter 2 1H and 13C NMR Spectroscopy of Sterols -- Chapter 3 Theoretical Investigations on Steroid Structure and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships -- Chapter 4 Two Approaches to Structure-Activity Relationships in the Field of Sex Steroids and Their Analogs -- Chapter 5 Stilbestrol Estrogens: Molecular/Structural Probes for Understanding Estrogen Action -- Chapter 6 Aromatase: Mechanism and Inhibition -- Chapter 7 Structure-Activity Relationships of Glucocorticoids: Importance of the Regulated Gene and Trans-Acting Factors in Determining Glucocorticoid and Antiglucocorticoid Activity -- Chapter 8 Molecular Structure and Biological Activity of Vitamin D Metabolites and Their Analogs -- Chapter 9 Molecular Structure and Biological Activity of Brassinolide and Related Brassinosteroids -- Chapter 10 Structure-Activity Relationships of Androgens and Anabolics -- Chapter 11 Structure-Activity Relationships of Steroidal Neuromuscular Blocking Agents -- Chapter 12 Molecular Biology of Cardiotonic Steroids -- Index
Summary "Molecular Structure and Biological Activity of Steroids focuses on the indentification of steroid structural features that control particular biological effects. Steroid geometry plays a critical role in steroid activity; therefore, the results of X-ray crystallographic, NMR spectroscopic, and theoretical studies on structure-activity relationships form an integral part of the book. Well-established observations and proposed models are presented, summarizing knowledge of molecular features (e.g., steroid backbone structures, side-chain constitutions, substitution sites, configurations, hydrogen-bonding patterns) that can affect steroid action. The book also provides overviews about recent progress in various frontier fields of steroid research, including such areas as sex steroids, glucocorticoids, aromatase inhibitors, vitamin D metabolites, brassinosteroids, neuromuscular blocking agents, and cardiotonic steroids. Molecular Structure and Biological Activity of Steroids is a "must-have" resource for biochemists, pharmacologists, endocrinologists, biophysicists, and others actively involved in steroid research."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 12, 2018)
Subject Steroids -- Structure-activity relationships
MEDICAL -- Physiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Form Electronic book
Author Bohl, Martin, editor.
Duax, William L., 1939- editor.
ISBN 9781351074803
1351074806