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Figure 51. Biotransformation of drug 283 with Cunninghamella elegans.
Figure 52. Biotransformation of mestranol (286) with Cunninghamella elegans.
Figure 53. Biotransformation of methyloestrenolone (289) with Macrophomina phaseolina.
7β, 15β, 16β-dimethylene-3-oxo-14α-hydroxy-17α-pregn-4-ene-21, 17-carbolactone (299) (3.1%), 6β,7β,15β
,16β-dimethylene-3, 11-dioxo-17α-pregn-4-ene-21, 17-carbolactone (300) (4.2%), 6β, 7β, 15β, 16β-
dimethylene-3, 12-dioxo-17α-pregn-4-ene-21, 17-carbolactone (301) (2.9%), and 6β, 7β, 15β, 16β-
dimethylene-3-oxo-11β, 14α-dihydroxy-17α-pregn-4-ene-21, 17-carbolactone (302) (6.2%), along with the
known metabolite, 6β, 7β, 15β, 16β-dimethylene-3-oxo-11α-dihydroxy-17α-pregn-4-ene-21, 17-carbolactone
(303) [Figure 55].
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