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Steroids and related compounds
- Triterpene squalene [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lanosterol [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cycloartenol [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cholesterol [r]: Principal sterol of all higher animals. [e]
- Pregnenolone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Progesterone [r]: A progestan steroid hormone vital to pregnancy and a precursor for some androgen and estrogen steroids. [e]
- Mineralcorticoids [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aldosterone [r]: Major mineralocorticoid steroid hormone that controls electrolytes, blood pressure and hydration. [e]
- Mineralcorticoids [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Progesterone [r]: A progestan steroid hormone vital to pregnancy and a precursor for some androgen and estrogen steroids. [e]
- 17-Hydroxypregnenolone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 17-hydroxyprogesterone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Glucocorticoids [r]: Corticosteroids that affect carbohydrate metabolism, inhibit adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion, and are anti-inflammatory. [e]
- Cortisol [r]: Naturally-occuring glucocorticoid hormone which reduces inflammation. [e]
- Cortisone [r]: A naturally occuring glucocorticoid steroid hormone which reduced inflammation. [e]
- Glucocorticoids [r]: Corticosteroids that affect carbohydrate metabolism, inhibit adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion, and are anti-inflammatory. [e]
- 17-hydroxyprogesterone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dehydroepiandrosterone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Androstenedione [r]: An androgen steroids synthesized from 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a precursor of estrone, an estrogen steroid. [e]
- Androgens [r]: A type or class of sex steroid hormone with a nineteen carbon atom base structure. [e]
- Testosterone [r]: A steroid hormone, principal male sex hormone, and an anabolic steroid from the androgen group. [e]
- Estrogen [r]: A type or class of sex steroid hormone with an eighteen carbon atom base structure. [e]
- Estradiol [r]: An estrogen steroid that is biosynthesized from testosterone. [e]
- Estrone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Androgens [r]: A type or class of sex steroid hormone with a nineteen carbon atom base structure. [e]
- Androstenedione [r]: An androgen steroids synthesized from 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a precursor of estrone, an estrogen steroid. [e]
Steroid enzymes
- aromatase [r]: An enzyme which oxidizes two positions of steroids, converting testosterones into estrogens. [e]
- 21-hydroxylase [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 17-hydroxylase [r]: Add brief definition or description
Steroid Receptors
- Androgen receptor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Glucocorticoid receptor [r]: Receptor that cortisol and other glucocorticoids bind to, and has many varied (pleiotropic) effects in different parts of the body. [e]
- Hormone receptors [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mineralcorticoid receptor [r]: Add brief definition or description
