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The cellular location,
substrates
and
products
of
enzymes
involved in human steroidogenesis, the production of
steroid hormones
from
cholesterol
and their transformation into other
steroids
. The coloured areas show the major classes of steroid hormones:
progestagens
,
mineralocorticoids
,
glucocorticoids
,
androgens
and
estrogens
, although some classes overlap. White circles indicate changes in
molecular structure
compared with
precursors
.
Image credit:
David Richfield
/
Mikael Häggström
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