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Is hormones such as estrogen and testosterone and cholesterol a lipid?
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The male sex hormone testosterone and the female sex hormone estrogen are steroids.
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What lipid is a precursor to estrogen and bile?
Cholesterol
Many hormones are this type of lipid?
Cholesterol
What type of lipid is used by the body to create hormones?
Cholesterol
Is a testosterone a lipid?
Yes, Testosterone is a lipid just as many other hormones. More specifically it is a steroid, which are lipid molecules composed of four carbon rings.
Lipid made of 4 rings of carbon such as estrogen and testosterone?
steroids.
What causes the release of hormones?
Estrogen is a hormone steroid that is basically a lipid.
Is a female sex hormone a lipid?
Cholesterol ( a lipid) is the basis of all hormones, so yes.
Are amino acids a derivative of cholesterol?
No. Cholesterol is a lipid and is a precursor to vitamin D and steroid hormones.
Is testosterone a phospholipid?
No... It is a lipid because it is a hormone and hormones are lipids, but it is not a phospholipid.
Sex hormones and cholesterol are examples of what specific type of lipid?
lipids'
What macromolecule is sex hormones?
Steroids are a class of lipid molecules that have 4 carbon rings.
What is the most feared and revered lipid?
I don't know about "feared and revered", but if presented with a list of lipids, the one most likely to be recognized by the average person would probably be cholesterol (although testosterone and estrogen might be pretty close).
