Any discussion of methods is likely to generate more heat than light since each investigator
will tend to evaluate and criticize a method in terms of his own requirements. It is indeed …

The fact that metabolic pathways are common to many species, to many tissues, and for
several classes of steroid hormones has raised serious probн lems in the organization of …

The present report will be devoted largely to consideration of the meta bolism of the steroid
hormones. Chemical and biological assay procedures will be referred to briefly, where …

T HERE are many color reactions which have been found useful in the quantitative
determination of several of the steroids. The first of these, employing phenolsulfonic acid …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses steroid metabolism that concern either recent
developments in analytic techniques or interpretations of complex endocrine laboratory …

Among the large number of interesting naturally occurring com-pounds which possess this
carbon skeleton are four groups of hormones: the estrogens elaborated by the ovary and …

Publisher Summary The measurement of the steroid hormones and their metabolites in
tissues and body fluids is considered quite difficult. The study of steroid endocrinology and …

METHODS The methods employed in this laboratory for the fractionation, isolation, and
identification of steroid metabolites have been published (1); the hydrolytic methods referred …

The second edition of this book has drawn heavily on the first edition but a huge amount of
research on steroid analysis has been published over the last 15 years. As a result, the …

I t is the purpose of this paper to consider the nomenclature of the steroid hormones and
some of their important derivatives. It is intended for those who have occasion to deal with …