摘要:
A method for promoting weight control by treating a subject with a therapeutic amount of one of the .DELTA.5-androstenes listed below to stimulate weight control without affecting appetite or inducing the synthesis of sex hormones. .DELTA.5-Androstenes providing the desired biological activities include:.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,7.alpha.-diol-17-one.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.-ol-7,17-dione.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,7.alpha.,17.beta.-triol.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,17.beta.-diol-7-one.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.-acetoxy-7,16,17-trione.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,16.alpha.-dihydroxy-7,17-dione.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.alpha.-propionoxy-16.beta.-acetoxy-7,17-dione.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,7.alpha.,17.beta.-triol-16-one.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,17.beta.-diol-7,16-dione.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,16.alpha.,17.beta.-triol-7-one.
摘要:
A method for promoting weight control by treating a subject with a therapeutic amount of one of the .DELTA.5-androstenes listed below to stimulate weight control without affecting appetite or inducing the synthesis of sex hormones..DELTA.5-Androstenes providing the desired biological activities include:.DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,7.alpha.-diol-17-one (1).DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.-ol-7,17-dione (2).DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,7.alpha.,17.beta.-triol (3).DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,17.beta.-diol-7-one (4).DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.-acetoxy-7,16,17-trione (5).DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,16.alpha.-dihydroxy-7,17-dione (6).DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.-propionoxy-16.beta.-acetoxy-7,17-dione (7).DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,7.alpha.,17.beta.-triol-16-one (8).DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,17.beta.-diol-7,16-dione (9).DELTA.5-Androstene-3.beta.,16.alpha.,17.beta.-triol-7-one (10)and derivatives thereof wherein one or more of the hydroxyl or keto substituents is a group convertible thereto by hydrolysis.