gonane

gonane
The hypothetical parent (17-carbon) hydrocarbon molecule of gonadal steroid hormones, such as estrane or androstane, which was conceived to achieve forms of systematic nomenclature.

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go·nane (goґnān) a 17-carbon tetracyclic hydrocarbon nucleus that is the parent structure of some steroid hormones and bile acids.

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