preg·nane (prĕg'nān')

n.

A crystalline steroid hydrocarbon that is the parent compound of corticosteroids and

progesterones.

cor·ti·co·ste·roid (kôr'tĭ-kō-stîr'oid',-stĕr'-)
n.

Any of the steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex( vo cua tuyen thuong than)
or their synthetic equivalents(hay su tong hop nhan tao tuong tu), such as cortisol and
aldosterone.

ster·oid (stîr'oid', stĕr'-)

n.

Any of numerous naturally occurring or synthetic fat-soluble organic compounds having

as a basis 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings and including the sterols and bile acids,
adrenal and sex hormones, certain natural drugs such as digitalis compounds, and the
precursors of certain vitamins.

steroid

Steroid skeleton of lanosterol. The total number of carbons (30) reflects its triterpenoid
origin. In some steroids some carbons may be removed (such as carbon 18) or added
(such as carbons 241 and 242) in downstream biosynthetic reactions.

pro·ges·ter·one (prō-jĕs'tə-rōn')
n.

1. A steroid hormone, C21H30O2, secreted by the corpus luteum of the ovary and by
the placenta, that acts to prepare the uterus for implantation of the fertilized ovum,
to maintain pregnancy, and to promote development of the mammary glands.
 2. A drug prepared from natural or synthetic progesterone, used in the prevention of
miscarriage, in the treatment of menstrual disorders, and as a constituent of some
oral contraceptives.

See also Androgen; Cholesterol; Estrogen; Menstruation; Pregnancy; Steroid; Sterol.

path·way (păth'wā', päth'-)

n.

1. A path.
2. Physiology.
a. A course usually followed by a body part or process.
b. A chain of nerve fibers along which impulses normally travel.
c. A sequence of enzymatic or other reactions by which one biological
material is converted to another.

chemoselectivity (′kē·mō′si·lek′tiv·əd·ē)
phan ung mang tinh uu tien nhom chuc

(organic chemistry) The preferential(uu tien) reaction of a chemical reagent with one
functional group in the presence of other similar functional groups; for example, a
chemoselective reducing agent(chat khu) might reduce an aldehyde but not a ketone.

stereoselectivity (uu tien)

In chemistry, stereoselectivity is the property of a chemical reaction that yields an

unequal(ko deu) mixture of stereoisomers from a single reactant. Stereoselectivity may be
partial(uu tien), where the formation of one stereoisomer is favoured over the other, or it
may be total where only one stereoisomer is formed. An example of partial
stereoselectivity is dehydrohalogenation of 2-iodo-butane which yields 80% trans-2-
butene and 20% cis-2-butene.

ster·e·o·i·so·mer (stĕr'ē-ō-ī'sə-mər, stîr'-)

n. dong phan lap the

One of a set of isomers whose molecules have the same atoms bonded to each other but
differ in the way these atoms are arranged in space.

epimer (′ep·ə·mər)

(organic chemistry) A type of isomer in which the difference between the two compounds
is the relative position of the H (hydrogen) group and OH (hydroxyl) group on the last
asymmetric C (carbon) atom of the chain, as in the sugars D-glucose and D-mannose.

D-Gulose

D-Mannose