Steroid Compounds with Potential Biological Activity

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: 13α-estrone; 26-thiodiosgenin; 4-azapregnenes; 4-azasteroids; 4-phenylene-linked dimers; aldol condensation; androgen receptor; anti-bacterial; anti-cancer properties; anti-fungal; anti-inflammatory; anti-neoplastic; anti-viral; antibacterial; antifungal; antimetabolites; antimicrobial activity; antiproliferative activity; antiproliferative effect; antitumor; antiviral; aromatase; aromatase inhibitors; bioisostere; Biology, life sciences; breast cancer; cation channels; cell growth inhibition; Chan–Lam reaction; chemistry; chilensosides; cholesterol; crystal structure HSA binding; cyclization; cytotoxic activity; cytotoxicity; DFT; DHEA; diacetoxy-5α-cholestane; diaryl ether; endocrine resistance; endocrine therapy; estrogen receptor; estrogens; exemestane; fungal endophytes; fungi; furanosteroids; gene expression; HeLa cells; in vitro culture; isoprenoid lipids; marine invertebrates; marine organisms; Mathematics and Science; molecular docking; molecular dynamics; Molpadida; montmorillonite; multi-spectroscopy; multi-target compounds; oximes; oxymestane; Paracaudina chilensis; plants; protective groups; pyridines; pyrimidines; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; ring cleavage; sapogenins; sea cucumber; steroid dimers; steroids; sulfones; sulfoxides; thiol oxidation; triterpene glycosides; triterpenoids; TRPML1; tubulin polymerization
• ISBN: 3036596178; 9783036596174; 303659616X; 9783036596167
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-9616-7

Steroids are a large group of compounds whose structure is based on a 17-carbon skeleton, with a specific cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene ring system. Natural steroids have been fine-tuned through evolution to build membranes; act as chemical messengers that regulate metabolic, immune and reproductive functions in animals and stimulate the growth of, or otherwise protect, animal organisms. The steroid core represents a suitable motive for structural modifications. Therefore, a large group of semi-synthetic steroid derivatives have occupied the attention of synthetic chemists as well as medicinal chemists due to their potential biological activity, including anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and (anti)hormonal activities.This Reprint of the Special Issue of Molecules titled “Steroid Compounds with Potential Biological Activity” is dedicated to both experimental and theoretical studies on steroid chemistry, structural biology, biosynthesis, metabolism, and pharmacology. The Issue focuses on the isolation and synthesis of steroid compounds, diverse in origin, as well as their structural characterization and identification. Published articles and reviews relate to in vitro and in silico studies of the pharmacological properties, molecular biology, biochemistry and structural biology of steroids.