Steroid hormone definitions

Steroid hormone

A steroid hormone (abbreviated as sterone) is a steroid that acts as a hormone. Steroid hormones can be grouped into five groups by the receptors to which they bind: glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, androgens, estrogens, and progestogens. Vitamin D derivatives are a sixth closely related hormone system with homologous receptors. They have some...
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steroid hormone

any of a group of hormones that belong to the class of chemical compounds known as steroids; they are secreted by three `steroid glands`—the adrenal ... [7 related articles]
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steroid hormone

<endocrinology> A group of structurally related hormones, based on the cholesterol molecule. They control sex and growth characteristics, are highly lipophilic and are unique in that their receptors are in the nucleus, rather than on the plasma membrane. ... Examples: testosterone, oestrogen. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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steroid hormone

A group of structurally related hormones, based on the cholesterol molecule. They control sex and growth characteristics, are highly lipophilic, and are unique in that their receptors are in the nucleus, rather than on the plasma membrane. Examples: testosterone, oestrogen.
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Steroid Hormone

These are fats similar to, and usually synthesized from, cholesterol, starting with Acetyl-CoA, moving through squalene, past lanosterol, into cholesterol, and, in the gonads and adrenal cortex, back to a number of steroid hormones. Nearly all of the classic hormones are proteins or smaller peptides; they don't get inside a cell (the membrane keep...
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