title: Synthesis of pentacyclic steroids.
abstract: Due to their high profile biological activity, the steroids are among the most important secondary metabolites. A review of literature on the synthesis of pentacyclic steroids is presented.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille UMR 6263 CNRS, Université d'Aix Marseille III, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Saint Jérôme, Marseille Cedex 20, France. malika.ibrahim@univ-cezanne.fr
authors.forename: Malika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibrahim-Ouali
mesh_terms: D003500:Cyclization; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013256:Steroids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids