Steroid Biochemistry: Volume 689 (Methods in Enzymology, Volume 689) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0443185964 ISBN 13: 9780443185960

Publisher: Academic Press, 2023

Synopsis

Steroid Biochemistry, Volume 688 in the Methods of Enzymology series, highlights new advances in the field, containing chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Cytochrome P450 Enzyme, Steroidogenic P450s (CYP11A1, 17A1, 21A2, 11B1, and 11B5), Steroid 17 alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase (Cytochrome P450 17A1), Enzymes of Estrogen Biosynthesis, Aromatase and Steroid Sulfatase, Estrogenic 17b-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase, Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases (HSD), 3a-Hydroxyssteroid Dehydrogenase, Approaches to Measuring 3b-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1, 3b-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2, and much more.

• Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
• Presents the latest release in Methods in Enzymology serials
• Updated release includes the latest information on Steroid Biochemistry

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Trevor Penning, the Thelma Brown and Henry Charles Molinoff Professor of Pharmacology, is a professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania and has been the Director of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) since its founding in 2006. He formulated the strategic vision of the CEET from its inception and built the environmental health science identity of the CEET at the University, regional, and national level.

As Director of the CEET, Dr. Penning has focused the center’s research around the connections between human disease and environmental exposures and emphasized the importance of using this research to mitigate health impacts on vulnerable communities both locally and globally.

Throughout his time as Director, Dr. Penning has focused his research on the connections between human health and anthropogenic pollution. Air pollution is responsible for more than 200,000 deaths globally each year and has been identified as a known human carcinogen by the World Health Organization.

From the Back Cover

Steroid Biochemistry serial highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443185964
• ISBN 13: 9780443185960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Penning