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Grade 12Zoology

what are steroids

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Gaurav
11 Years ago
Hello student
Steroids are complex crystallisable lipids of high molecular weight, with a core structure of one 5-carbon and three 6- carbon rings. They are present in almost on all higher organisms such as plants as well as in animals. sometimes in microorganisms like fungi, yeast, bacteria, etc