M. Iqbal Choudhary

article 2025

Drug likeliness, pharmacokinetics profiling and efficacy of Polyscias fulva bioactive compounds in the management of uterine fibroids; An integrative in silico and in vivo approach

·doi:10.1016/j.jmgm.2025.108984

Polyscias fulva is traditionally used in Uganda for the management of Uterine fibroids (UF). However, there is paucity of data regarding its efficacy, biological targets and potential mechanisms of action hence prompting scientific validati…

article 2015

Microbial transformation of danazol with Cunninghamella blakesleeana and anti-cancer activity of danazol and its transformed products

·doi:10.1016/j.steroids.2015.11.010

Biotransformation of danazol (1) (17β-hydroxy-17α-pregna-2,4-dien-20-yno-[2,3-d]-isoxazole) with Cunninghamella blakesleeana yielded three new metabolites 2-4 and a known metabolite 5. These metabolites were identified as 14β,17β-dihydroxy-…

article 2002

Microbial Transformation of Danazol

·doi:10.1080/10575630290019994

Danazol (17beta-hydroxy-17alpha-pregna-2,4-dien-20-yno-[2,3-d] isoxazole) (1) on fermentation with Fusarium lini, Aspergillus niger, and Cephalosporium aphidicola yielded 17beta-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-17-alpha-pregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one (2) …