Continuing research based on the meiosis activation properties of the endogenous sterol FF-MAS is reported. The synthesis and SAR of 16- and 26-substituted sterols are described, utilising diosgenin as starting material. Selected sterols were tested for their ability to induce oocyte maturation in hypoxanthine arrested mouse oocytes in vitro. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Sterol derivative compounds, structurally related to natural compounds which can be extracted from bull testes and from human follicular fluid, useful for regulating meiosis in oocytes and in male germ cells. Some of these compounds are useful in the treatment of infertility, whereas other compounds are useful as contraceptives.
作者:Anthony Murray、Christian Grøndahl、Jan L. Ottesen、Peter Faarup
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(01)00840-x
日期:2002.2
Continuing research based on the meiosis activation properties of the endogenous sterol FF-MAS is reported. The synthesis and SAR of 16- and 26-substituted sterols are described, utilising diosgenin as starting material. Selected sterols were tested for their ability to induce oocyte maturation in hypoxanthine arrested mouse oocytes in vitro. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.