Natural Steroids

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Name three names of steroids?
Cholesterol, Cortisol and Cortisone
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What is a steroid?
Organic compound that contains 4 cycloalkane rings joined together
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What is Ganone?
Core structure of steroids containing 17 C atoms
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What are sterols?
Special forms of steroids with a hydroxyl group at position 3
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Where are steroids found in cells of animals and fungi?
Lanosterol
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Where are Lanosterol and cycloartenol derived from?
Cyclisation of triterpene squalene
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What is triterpene?
Terpenes consisting of 6 isoprene units with formula C30H48
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What is cyclopentaphenanthrene?
3 cyclohexane rings and cyclopentane ring
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