VITAMIN D DERIVATIVES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

摘要

A process for producing hydroxyvitamin D derivatives, characterized by converting a hydrogen atom or atoms at the 2-position, 24-position, 25-position and/or 26-position of a vitamin D into a hydroxyl group or groups in a solution containing a microorganism that belongs to the genus Nocardia, Streptomyces, Sphingomonas or Amycolata which has an ability to hydroxylate vitamin Ds or an enzyme produced by that microorganism, and optionally under the coexistence of a cyclodextrin; and novel vitamin D3 derivatives obtained by that process.