Synthesis and Bioconversions of Formestane

Journal of Natural Products
2013.0

Abstract

In an effort to generate new steroidal aromatase inhibitors, formestane (4-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione) (1) was biotransformed by Rhizopus oryzae to yield the known 4β,5α-dihydroxyandrostane-3,17-dione as the major product (5) and bioconverted by Beauveria bassiana to afford the known reduced 4,17β-dihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one (6) and 3α,17β-dihydroxy-5β-androstan-4-one (7) and the new 4,11α,17β-trihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one (8). All the metabolites showed more potent activities than their parent congener in the aromatase and MCF-7 breast cancer assays. The bioactivities and structural elucidation of these metabolites as well as the semisynthesis of formestane (1) from testosterone (2) are reported herein.

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