title: Synthesis and plant growth promoting activity of polyhydroxylated ketones bearing the 5α-hydroxy-6-oxo moiety and cholestane side chain.
abstract: Three polyhydroxylated ketones bearing the 5α-hydroxy-6-oxo moiety were obtained from cholesterol. Two of them show plant growth promoting activity in the bean's second internode bioassay. The obtained results indicate that the presence of the 5α-hydroxy-6-oxo moiety may be capable to induce plant growth promotion even the absence oxygenated functions in the side chain.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, DF., Mexico.
authors.forename: Anielka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosado-Abón
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Dios-Bravo
authors.forename: Rogelio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Sotres
authors.forename: Martín A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Iglesias-Arteaga
mesh_terms: D002776:Cholestanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007659:Ketones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002776:Cholestanes; D007659:Ketones