INACTIVATION OF CONTRACEPTIVE STEROID-HORMONES BY HUMAN INTESTINAL CLOSTRIDIA
INACTIVATION OF CONTRACEPTIVE STEROID-HORMONES BY HUMAN INTESTINAL CLOSTRIDIA
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DOI:
10.1128/jcm.18.3.500-504.1983
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
MOSBACH, EH
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作者:
BOKKENHEUSER, VD;WINTER, J;MOSBACH, EH
In metabolic experiments, human fecal flora reduced the .DELTA.4-3-keto structure of natural progestins to 3.alpha.-hydroxy, 5.beta.-steroid metabolites (3.alpha.,5.beta.) and of synthetic progestins to a mixture of 3.alpha.,5.beta. and 3.beta.,5.beta. compounds. 3.alpha.,5.beta.-Reductase was synthesized by Clostridium paraputrificum and had a strong affinity for natural progestins such as progesterone. 3.beta.,5.beta.-Reductase was synthesized by C. innocuum and had a stronger affinity for synthetic progestins. A 3rd enzyme, 3.beta.,5.alpha.-reductase, was synthesized by St. Luke''s strain 209 (Clostridium sp. J-1) but was only observed when pure cultures were used. Ring A reduction of synthetic progestins was 3-10 times slower than that of natural progestins, thus, explaining the pharmacological superiority of synthetic progestins over naturally occurring analogs.