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steroid catabolic process

Known as: steroid breakdown, steroid catabolism, steroid degradation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of steroids, compounds with a 1,2,cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene nucleus. [GOC… 
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2019
2019
Corticosteroid Catabolism by Klebsiella pneumoniae as a Possible Mechanism for Increased Pneumonia Risk.
BACKGROUND Several strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae are responsible for causing pneumonia in lung and thereby causing death in… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
The post-mortem interval : a study of the body cooling rate and steroid degradation after death
In Part I, the most useful methods for the estimation of the time of death are reviewed, with special emphasis being placed on… 
1981
1981
[The significance of the bacterial steroid degradation for the etiology of large bowel cancer. VIII. Transformation of cholic-, chenodeoxycholic-, and deoxycholic acid by lecithinase-lipase-negative…
In order to examine their bile acid transforming capacities, lecithinase-lipase-negative Clostridia, 40 strains, isolate from the… 
1976
1976
[The significance of the bacterial steroid degradation for the etiology of large bowel cancer. IV. Deconjugation of glycocholic acid, oxidation, and reduction of cholic acid by saccharolytic…
A total of 36-38 strains (depending on the test series) of the strictly anaerobic Bacteroides species V. bulgatus, B. fragilis, B… 
1976
1976
[The significance of the bacterial steroid degradation for the etiology of large bowel cancer. VI. Degradation of deoxycholic acid by saccharolytic bacteroides-species (author's transl)].
When testing 36 laboratory strains of the strictly anaerobic Bacteroides species B. vulgatus, B. fragilis, B. thetaiotaomicron… 
1976
1976
[The significance of the bacterial steroid degradation for the etiology of large bowel cancer. V. Transformation of chenodeoxycholic acid by saccharolytic bacteroides-species (author's transl)].
We analysed a total of 36 strains of the obligately anaerobic Bacteroides species B. vulgatus, B. fragilis, B. thetaiotaomicron… 
1974
1974
[The significance of the bacterial steroid degradation for the etiology of large bowel cancer. II. Deoxycholic acid--the growth promoting factor of bile for saccharolytic bacteroides species (author…
1974
1974
[The significance of the bacterial steroid degradation for the etiology of large bowel cancer. III. Possibilities of the determination of bile acids in biological materials].
1958
1958
CUSHING'S SYNDROME PRODUCED BY NORMAL REPLACEMENT DOSES OF CORTISONE IN A PATIENT WITH DEFECTIVE MECHANISM FOR STEROID DEGRADATION*
1958
1958
Cushing's syndrome produced by normal replacement doses of cortisone in a patient with defective mechanism for steroid degradation.