Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 3-Tetrazolo Steroidal Analogs: Novel Class of 5α-Reductase Inhibitors

December 2015 in “ Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ”

Saurabh Aggarwal, Manoj Kumar Mahapatra, Rajnish Kumar, Tilak Raj Bhardwaj, Rolf W. Hartmann, Jörg Haupenthal, Manoj Kumar

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