hydroxysteroids การใช้

• Members of this enzyme family metabolize a wide variety of substrates, including ethanol, retinol, other aliphatic alcohols, hydroxysteroids, and lipid peroxidation products.
• 3?-HSD is also known as delta ? 5-4-isomerase, which catalyzes the oxidative conversion of ? 5-3-?-hydroxysteroids to the ? 4-3-keto configuration and is, therefore, essential for the biosynthesis of all classes of hormonal steroids, namely progesterone, glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens.