steroid

As a noun steroid

is (biochemistry) 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.

As an adjective antisteroidogenic is

that inhibits the production of steroid hormones.

As nouns the difference between steroid and guggulsterone

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 guggulsterone is (organic compound) a steroid, present in the resin of the guggul plant, (taxlink), that is used in some medical preparations.

As nouns the difference between steroid and veratridine

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 veratridine is any of a family of neurotoxic steroid-derived alkaloids, occurring in the seeds of the sabadilla plant.

As nouns the difference between steroid and lipopolymer

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 lipopolymer is (organic chemistry) any polymer containing lipid (fatty acid or steroid) moieties.

As nouns the difference between steroid and stanol

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 stanol is any saturated steroid alcohol, formed by hydrogenation of an appropriate sterol.

As nouns the difference between steroid and campestane

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 campestane is a steroid hydrocarbon whose skeleton in the basis of very many other steroids.

As nouns the difference between steroid and drelin

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 drelin is a particular steroid glycoside.

As nouns the difference between steroid and hydroxysteroid

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 hydroxysteroid is (organic chemistry) any alcohol derivative of a steroid.

As nouns the difference between steroid and diosgenin

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 diosgenin is (organic compound) a steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity.

In biochemistry|lang=en terms the difference between steroid and cucurbitacin

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 cucurbitacin is (biochemistry) any of a class of bitter steroids, found in plants of the family cucurbitaceae , that prevent them being eaten by herbivores.

As nouns the difference between steroid and cucurbitacin

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 cucurbitacin is (biochemistry) any of a class of bitter steroids, found in plants of the family cucurbitaceae , that prevent them being eaten by herbivores.