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A steroid or steroid hormone is a biomolecule derived from cholesterol, with a characteristic structure containing four fused rings (see Fig. 1).
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Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L., & Stryer, L. (2002). Biochemistry (5th ed.). New York: WH Freeman.
Nussey, S., & Whitehead, S. (2001). Endocrinology. Oxford: BIOS Scientific Publishers.
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Aldred, S. (2019). Steroids. In: Gellman, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_867-2
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