On the basis of experiments in which steroids were perfused through ox-adrenal glands, Hechter et al. (1951) were able to present a tentative scheme of adrenocortical hormone biogenesis. Progesterone is postulated as a key intermediate in the scheme, since perfusion ofthis steroid gave the following products:
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