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Steroid Metabolic Process
Steroid Metabolism consists of diverse biochemical reactions that convert steroid compounds, lipids containing a hydrogenated cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene ring system, to metabolic derivatives for assorted uses, such as steroid hormone production and biosynthesis of cell membrane constituents. (NCI Thesaurus)
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