title: Sterol hydroperoxide metabolism by Salmonella typhimurium.
abstract: In order to rationalize multiphasic dose-response data evincing mutagenicity towards Salmonella typhimurium TA1537 for sterol hydroperoxides 3 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-cholest-6-ene-5-hydroperoxide and 3 beta-hydroxycholest-5-ene-7 alpha-hydroperoxide their metabolism by the bacterial test strain was investigated. The 5 alpha-hydroperoxide was isomerized to the 7 alpha-hydroperoxide and reduced to 5 alpha-cholest-6-ene-3 beta,5-diol; the 7 alpha-hydroperoxide was reduced to cholest-5-ene-3 beta,7 alpha-diol and transformed to 3 beta-hydroxycholest-5-en-7-one. The 3 beta,5 alpha-diol and 3 beta,7 alpha-diol were not interconverted nor was either transformed to the 7-ketone.
mesh_terms: D001711:Biotransformation; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens; D009154:Mutation; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; C041011:cholesterol 7-hydroperoxide; C002843:cholesterol hydroperoxide; D002784:Cholesterol