Steroid/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Steroid.

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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

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