triterpene

As nouns the difference between steroid and triterpene

is that steroid is a class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids while triterpene is any terpene formed from six isoprene units, and having thirty carbon atoms; they are relatively rare.

As nouns the difference between triterpene and euphane

is that triterpene is any terpene formed from six isoprene units, and having thirty carbon atoms; they are relatively rare while euphane is a particular triterpene whose skeleton is the basis of many naturally-occurring compounds.

As nouns the difference between triterpene and perhydrosqualene

is that triterpene is triterpene while perhydrosqualene is (organic compound) the fully saturated triterpene derived from squalene.