TY - GEN AU - Sayeda Saleh Mohamed AU - Abdelmonem Hassan Elrefai , AU - Mohamed Ibrahim Ali , TI - Improvement of the 11B - hydroxylation of steroids by fungi / PY - 2008/// CY - Cairo : PB - Sayeda Saleh Mohamed , KW - Cotexolone KW - Cunninghamella elegans KW - Hydroxylation N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Botany-Microbiology; Issued also as CD N2 - Cortisol is an effective anti - inflammatory drug and one of the important precursors of other steroid drugs.The incorporation of a hydroxyl group in the 11B - position of cortexolone (reichstein's substance S) by a microbial catalyst is of considerable commercial value in the production of pharmaceutical cortico - streoids ER -