Ciba Foundation Symposium - Synthesis and Metabolism of Adrenocortical Steroids (Colloquia on Endocrinology), Volume VII

Content: Chapter 1 Companion Substances in Cholesterol of Various Sources (pages 1–26): Louis F. Fieser Chapter 2 The Chemistry of Lanosterol (pages 27–38): D. H. R. Barton Chapter 3 The Ergosterol Route to Adrenal Cortical Hormones (pages 39–45): H. B. Henbest and E. R. H. Jones Chapter 4 Investigations on the Synthesis of 11?Ketosteroids (pages 46–58): H. Heusser and O. Jeger Chapter 5 Partial Synthesis of ?9(11)?Anhydrocorticosterone Acetate (pages 59–64): R. Casanova, A. Ruff and C. W. Shoppee Chapter 6 Cortisone and 11?Epi?17?Hydroxycorticosterone Diacetate from Sarmentogenin (pages 65–78): A. Lardon and T. Reichstein Chapter 7 Synthesis of 11?Oxygenated Steroids from Steroidal Sapogenins (pages 79–95): Carl Djerassi and G. Rosenkranz Chapter 8 11?Oxygenated Steroids from Ergosteryl?D Acetate 22:23?Dibromide (pages 96–103): F. S. Spring, G. T. Newbold, R. C. Anderson, R. Budziarek, F. Johnson, J. A. Mcewan, D. Maclean and R. Stevenson Chapter 9 Introduction of the 11?Keto Function in the Steroids (pages 104–109): J. M. Constantin and L. H. Sarett Chapter 10 The Characterization of Trisubstituted Steroidal Olefines by Infra?Red Spectroscopy (pages 110–126): H. Hirschmann Chapter 11 Some Aspects of the Stereochemistry of C?20 (pages 127–141): W. Klyne Chapter 12 The Chemical Action of X?Rays on Some Steroids in Aqueous Systems (pages 142–160): Joseph Weiss Chapter 13 Biogenesis of Adrenal Cortical Hormones (pages 161–175): Oscar Hechter Chapter 14 Studies of the Enzymes Involved in the Synthesis and Degradation of the Hormones of the Adrenal Cortex (pages 176–190): Leo T. Samuels Chapter 15 The in vitro Synthesis of Adrenal Cortical Steroids (pages 191–209): Ralph I. Dorfman, Mika Hayano, Robert Haynes and Kenneth Savard Chapter 16 Species Differences and Other Factors Influencing Adrenocortical Secretion (pages 210–232): I. E. Bush Chapter 18 In vivo Metabolism of Adrenosterone (pages 233–239): Ralph I. Dorfman, Kenneth Savard and Shlomo Burstein Chapter 18 Current Status of Corticosteroid Metabolism in Man (pages 240–260): G. Pincus, E. B. Romanoff and Louise P. Romanoff Chapter 19 Estimation of Individual Adrenocortical Hormones in Human Peripheral Blood (pages 261–271): C. J. O. R. Morris and D. C. Williams Chapter 20 Corticosteroid Metabolism in Isolated Perfused Rat Livers (pages 272–289): Oscar Hechter The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.