Steroid/Related Articles

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• 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]
• 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-occurring glucocorticoid hormone which reduces inflammation. ^[e]
      • Cortisone [r]: A naturally occurring glucocorticoid steroid hormone which reduces inflammation. ^[e]
• 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]

{{r|Dihydrotestosterone

• • • 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

• 21-hydroxylase [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 17-hydroxylase [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Androgen receptor [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Glucocorticoid receptor [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hormone receptors [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mineralcorticoid receptor [r]: Add brief definition or description