Coprostane, also known as 5β-cholestane, is a

sterane Steranes constitute a group of alkane organic compounds with a cyclopentane-fused hydrogenated phenanthrene structure as the parent nucleus, and they derived from steroids or sterols via diagenetic and catagenetic degradation, such as hydrogen ...

and a

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of a variety of

steroid A steroid is an organic compound with four fused compound, fused rings (designated A, B, C, and D) arranged in a specific molecular configuration. Steroids have two principal biological functions: as important components of cell membranes t ...

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s, such as

ecdysone Ecdysone is a prohormone of the major insect molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone, secreted from the prothoracic glands. It is of steroidal structure. Insect molting hormones (ecdysone and its homologues) are generally called ecdysteroids. Ecdy ...

and

coprostanol 5β-Coprostanol (5β-cholestan-3β-ol) is a 27-carbon stanol formed from the net reductive metabolism of cholesterol (cholest-5en-3β-ol) in the Gut (zoology), gut of most higher animals and birds. This compound has frequently been used as a bi ...

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