Some aspects of the metabolism of the steroid hormone.

Until very recently interest in the steroid hormones has centered round the problem of their exact chemical structure and their main physiological actions in the organism. Now that the chemical structure and the physiological role of many of these hormones are known interest is being manifested in their intermediary metabolism. An understanding of the changes undergone by the hormones in the course of their inactivation and excretion by the animal body, will, it is hoped, provide information regarding the chemical mechanisms involved when these hormones produce their physiological effects in the organs and tissues upon which they act