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What compounds may be synthesized from cholesterol?
Sex hormones, Vitamin D, and Bile.
Which lipid is used as the basis of vitamin D and sex hormones and bile?
Sterols
Cholesterol which is made in the body are called?
steroids (bile salts, vitamin D, sex hormones, adrenocortical hormones)
What important molecule is derived from cholesterol?
Cholesterol is a precursor for other important steroid molecules: the bile salts, steroid hormones, and vitamin D. -Gem :) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22339/
What are synthesized from cholesterol?
Cholesterol is the precursor of bile acid, steroid hormones and vitamin D.
What does cholesterol do in your circulatory system?
Cholesterol moves through the bloodstream to be used by all parts of the body,and it helps the body to produce hormones, bile acid, and Vitamin D
What does cholrestorol do?
Cholesterol is used in the body to create hormones. It also is used to create bile and small amounts of Vitamin D.
What is the producer for bile acids and steroid hormones?
Bile acids - from liver cells. Steroid hormones _ from the adrenal glands.
How is cholesterol beneficial?
Cholesterol gives these benefits in your body:Membrane fluidity in cell membranesDigestion (Cholesterol is used to make bile salts to help emulsify fats in the diet)Hormones (Cholesterol can be made into body hormones)Vitamin D (Cholesterol can be made into vitamin D in skin)
What bile is responsible in globules of fat?
Bile comes from gall bladder. It contains the bile salts. These salts are responsible for emulsification of the fat in your food. that means very fine fat globules are formed. this helps to increase the surface area of the fat. That helps the fat splitting enzyme to brake the fat molecule into three molecules of fatty acids and one molecule of glycerol.
What vitamin travels in a micelle with bile and fatty acids?
Vitamin A
Is one of the function of lipids a sex hormone?
Cholesterol, a lipid, is the precursor for a number of essential body chemicals. These include Vitamin D, Bile, and many of the hormones which act as chemical messengers throughout the body, sex hormones included.
