gonane

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Meaning

1. noun A tetracyclic hydrocarbon framework made of three fused six-membered rings and one five-membered ring. It serves as the core structural skeleton for all steroids, rather than being a commonly isolated compound itself.

Similar words

sterane pregnane norsteroid genin cyclopentanophenanthrene cholane conanine ingenane ergostane estrane