[Testosterone metabolism in discrete areas of the brain in rat fetuses].

Experiments in vitro with further thin-layer chromatography of steroids were staged to investigate changing of 3H-testosterone into 3H-estradiol-17 beta and 3H-5 alpha-reduced metabolites in a fraction of 1000 g of homogenates of the medial preoptic area (MPA), the paraventricular nuclei (PVN), the dorsal vagal complex (DVC) of the lower cerebral trunk, the rostral and caudal parts of the amygdaloid complex (ACr and ACc) of the brain of 21-day male and female rat fetuses. The activity of aromatase (AA) and 5 alpha-reductase (AR) was detected in all investigated areas. AA was maximum in PVN of females and minimum in ACc of males and females.

[Simple synthesis of a complete set of unconjugated norethisterone metabolites and their deutero-analogs].

The short-step synthesis of all norethisterone (NET) hydrogenated metabolites and their deuteroanalogues has been accomplished. Reduction of NET by NaBH4 in the presence of N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine provided 19-norpregn-20-yn-3,17-diols as a mixture of 3- and 5-epimers. The individual isomers were isolated by flash chromatography and oxidyzed by PyHCrO3Cl into 5 alpha- and 5 beta-dihydro-NET.

[Molecular and crystallographic structure of D-11-aza-19-nortestosterone].

Crystal and molecular structure of D-11-aza-19-nortestosterone monohydrate C17H25NO2.H2O (a 8,288(2), b 12,433(2), c 7,570(2) A, beta 90,25(1) degrees; space group P2(1), R 8.3%) has been determined by X-ray analysis.