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sterane
sterane[′sti‚rān] (organic chemistry) A cycloalkane derived from a sterol. sterane
ster·ane (ster'ān, stēr'ān), The hypothetic parent molecule for any steroid hormone; a saturated hydrocarbon compound that contains no oxygen. The name was originally conceived to achieve forms of systematic nomenclature, but is now supplanted by the fundamental variants: gonane, estrane, androstane, norandrostane (etiane), cholane, cholestane, ergostane, pregnane, and stigmastane.
See also: steroids. |