Über die Verseifbarkeit verschiedener Steroidhormonester durch Leber- und Serum-Esterasen

Abstract
Incubation of fatty acid and carbonic esters of desoxycorticosterone, cortisone, cortisole, testosterone and methyltestosterone with liver protein fraction and serum from rat, beef, and man showed the influence of the acid used for esterification. The best cleavage, could be obtained with linear fatty acids between 4 and 12 C atoms, the higher and branched isomers being hardly split off.