Studies on the biosynthetic conversion of cholesterol into pregnenolone. Side chain cleavage of some 20-p-tolyl analogs of cholesterol and 20 alpha-hydroxycholesterol

MeSH terms

• Acetone
• Adrenal Glands / cytology
• Adrenal Glands / metabolism*
• Animals
• Cattle
• Chemical Phenomena
• Chemistry
• Cholesterol / metabolism*
• Crystallization
• Hydroxysteroids / chemical synthesis
• Hydroxysteroids / metabolism
• Mitochondria / metabolism*
• Models, Chemical
• Pregnadienes / chemical synthesis
• Pregnadienes / metabolism
• Pregnenes / chemical synthesis
• Pregnenes / metabolism
• Pregnenolone / biosynthesis*
• Structure-Activity Relationship
• Toluene / metabolism*
• Tritium