Abstract
THE conversion of cholesterol into the male i sex hormone (androsterone)1, already noted in these columns2, with its attendant elucidation of the complete chemical structure of this hor mone, provides a convenient point at which to review the present state of chemical knowledge of the sex hormones.
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COOK, J. Recent Progress in the Chemistry of the Sex Hormones. Nature 134, 758 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134758a0
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