STEROIDS USEFUL AS ANTI-CANCER, ANTI-OBESITY, ANTI-HYPERGLYCEMIC, ANTI-AUTOIMMUNE AND ANTI-HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENTS

摘要

ABSTRACTThis invention relates to novel compounds of theformula:Y is lower alkyl; andX and Z are independently hydrogen, halogen,lower alkyl or hydroxy, or X and Z taken together arehydroxy-imino with the proviso that when Y is methyland Z is hydrogen, X is other than methyl or hydroxyand with the further proviso that X and Z are not bothhydrogen.