Steroids: Use & Misuse
The steroid is a basic nucleus, responsible for constituting an entirely different group, known as a derived lipid. Chemically, the steroid is constituted of four rings arranged in a specific molecular configuration, seventeen carbon atoms, bonded in four "fused" rings: three six-member cyclohexane rings and one five-member cyclopentane ring. Steroid nucleus Anabolic steroids, or more accurately, anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), [ @ ] which include natural androgens like testosterone as well as synthetic androgens that are structurally related and have similar effects to testosterone. Among the anabolic activities, like increase protein within cells, especially in skeletal muscles, while androgenic activity includes, induction of the development and maintenance of masculine secondary sexual characteristics (growth of facial and body hair). As far as the biological function of steroids is concerned, it can be divided into two groups. One is as a ...