the course of oxidative side chain cleavage of two recently isolated 17 alpha-hydroxy c-18 oxygenated naturally-occurring corticosteroids differed in that 18-hydroxycortisol yielded a 17-ketosteroid ( chu m. d. , and ulick s. ( 1982 ) j. biol . chem . 257 , 2218-2224 ) whereas 18-oxocortisol yielded a gamma-etiolactone ( ulick s. , chu m. d. and land m. ( 1983 ) j. biol . chem . 258 , 5498-5502 ) .
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corticosteroids
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17-ketosteroid