Covering: January to December 2003 This article reviews the progress in the chemistry of
the steroids that was published between January and December 2003. The reactions and …

Certain steroidal compounds have demonstrated an antiproliferative effect against several
tumor cell lines; however, their complete role on cancer cells is not currently established …

An efficient and facile synthesis of fused, substituted and spiro pyrazoline steroid derivatives
through a cycloaddition reaction of different α, β-unsaturated ketones with hydrazine acetate …

A new transformation of the spiroketal side chain of diosgenin is reported: treatment of 23-
hydroxyiminodiosgenin acetate with phosphorous oxychloride in pyridine produced an …

The new (22R, 23S, 25R)-3β, 16β, 26-triacetoxy-cholest-5-ene-22, 23-diol () was
synthesized from diosgenin () through a synthetic route based on chemoselective RuO4 …

The side–chain opening of 25R and 25S steroidal sapogenins to form 22–oxocholestanic
skeletons is described. The transformation was produced under mild conditions providing …

Favorskii rearrangement of 23-oxo-3-epi-smilagenin acetate induced by iodosobenzene -
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One-step axial acetoxylation at C-23. A new method for the functionalization of the side
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Pyrazoline steroids are electron-rich nitrogen-containing heterocyclic structures that exhibit
several desirable pharmacological features. Conventional synthetic techniques to obtain …

Abstract The Baeyer-Villiger reactions of 25R-and 25S-23-oxosapogenins with MCPBA
produced a mixture of bisnorcholanic 22→ 16 lactones and pregnan-16, 20-diol carbonates …