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Four or more. The basic steroid "backbone" is a set of four fused ring systems, three of which have six carbon atoms and one of which has five carbon atoms.

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Lipid made of 4 rings of carbon such as estrogen and testosterone?

steroids.


Which type of lipid has four fused carbon rings?

Steroids


Individual steroids differ in the what attached to the carbon rings?

In the "side chains"


What consist of four fused carbon rings - three 6 sided and one 5 sided?

Steroids.


Lipids made of four carbon rings fused together are called?

steroids


Steroids are what?

Steroids are a class of chemical compounds characterized by four rings of carbon atoms linked in a specific way. Depending on what particular functional groups are hanging off the rings, they have a wide variety of effects in biological systems. Many hormones are steroids. Examples include testosterone, estrogen, and cortisone.


Are steroids proteins carbohydrates or lipids?

Steroids are a type of lipid. They are characterized by a structure that includes four interconnected carbon rings. Steroids serve various functions in the body, including as signaling molecules and as components of cell membranes.


Building blocks of steroids?

Steroids (cholestrols) are another type of lipid found in membranes. Its composition or "building blocks" is a series of four carbon rings.


Is the category of organic compounds of four interconnected rings of carbon atoms is known as steriods?

Yes, the category of organic compounds of four interconnected rings of carbon atoms is known as steroids. They play important roles in various physiological processes in the body, including regulation of metabolism, immune response, and reproduction.


What kind of drug is a steriod?

A steroid is a terpenoid lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton with four fused rings, generally arranged in a 6-6-6-5 fashion. Steroids vary by thefunctional groups attached to these rings and the oxidation state of the rings. Hundreds of distinct steroids are found in plants, animals, and fungi. All steroids are made in cells either from the sterol lanosterol (animals and fungi) or the sterol cycloartenol (plants). Bothsterols are derived from the cyclization of the triterpene squalene.


What kind of carbon ring structure would you find in an anabolic steroid?

Four fused carbon rings: three six-sided and one five-sided, as in all steroids


What is the basic structure of a steroid?

Steroids are organic compounds composed of four fused carbon rings (three cyclohexane rings and one cyclopentane ring). They also typically have a side chain attached at carbon-17 and various functional groups at different positions on the rings. This rigid structure gives steroids their unique properties and allows them to interact with specific receptors in cells, influencing various physiological processes.