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Sterols

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Cholesterol and steroid hormones are built from sterols.
Sterols
Four fused-together carbon rings
Differ in the number, position, and type of their functional groups
Cholesterol: Vital component of animal membranes
Derivatives of cholesterol include:
Vitamin D
Bile salts
Steroid hormones
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