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Naddika [18.5K]
4 years ago
11

Steroids are _____.

Biology
2 answers:
agasfer [191]4 years ago
7 0
Lipids is the answer

Ket [755]4 years ago
4 0

The right answer is lipids.

Steroids are an important category of lipids, present in the animal and plant kingdom (cholesterol, vitamins D, sex hormones: estrogen and progesterone, testosterone and androsterone ...).

The basic structure of steroids consists of a polycyclic alcohol consisting of three hexagonal rings and one pentagonal ring.

Used in medicine, the word "steroid" refers primarily to steroid hormones.

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