Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

by Timberlake, Karen C.

Published by Prentice Hall

ISBN 10: 0321908449

ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 15 - Section 15.6 - Steroids: Cholesterol, Bile Salts, and Steroid Hormones - Questions and Problems - Page 538: 15.55c

Answer

a steroid hormone

Work Step by Step

estradiol is a steroid hormone as there is carbonyl C=O bond present

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