steroid
Let an agent explain steroids as a chemical class and their biological roles, describe steroid medicines and their regulation in general terms, present misuse and sport doping information from authorities, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain steroids as a chemical class and their biological roles, describe steroid medicines and their regulation in general terms, present misuse and sport doping information from authorities, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
A class of organic compounds with a characteristic four-ring carbon skeleton, including cholesterol and other sterols, bile acids, steroid hormones such as cortisol, testosterone and oestrogens, vitamin D precursors, and plant and fungal steroids, biosynthesised from terpenoid precursors; steroids serve as membrane components, hormones and signalling molecules, are used as medicines such as corticosteroids and anabolic steroids, and are regulated where misused in sport and without prescription.
What it is for: Four-ring lipid compounds including hormones.
It can be explain the chemical class; describe biological roles; describe medicines and regulation; route personal questions.
Distinguishing features
Steroid nucleus
Hormonal roles
Medicinal use
Regulated misuse
What it looks like
Not physical as a class; crystalline compounds in the laboratory.
How it is recognised
Four fused carbon rings
Sterols, bile acids, hormones
Terpenoids are the broader class; peptides are different hormones
Related models
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is related to - steroid medicines
In practice
Families and kinds
sterols such as cholesterol
steroid hormones
corticosteroid medicines
anabolic steroids
plant and fungal steroids
Standards and regulation
Prescription regulation of steroid medicines
Anti-doping rules in sport
Controlled substance laws for anabolic steroids in some countries
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal medical advice
Misuse of anabolic steroids
Confusing steroid classes
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.steroid
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What steroids are.
Chemistry.
Structure
Structure and classes.
Structure
Structure.
- What is the steroid nucleus, and how do sterols, bile acids, steroid hormones and plant steroids differ? definition
- Which entry fits a specific compound? action
Biology
Biological roles.
Biology
Biology.
- How are steroids biosynthesised, and what roles do cholesterol and steroid hormones play in the body? definition
- Which entry fits a specific hormone? action
Medicine Steroid medicines.
General information.
Medicines
Corticosteroids and others.
Medicines
Medicines.
- How are corticosteroids and other steroid medicines used, and what side effects are documented by medical bodies? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own medication, which needs a clinician? boundary
Regulation
Regulation.
Regulation
Regulation.
- How are steroid medicines regulated, and which are controlled substances? provenance
- Which entry fits drug regulation? action
Misuse Misuse and sport.
Attribution.
Doping
Steroids in sport.
Doping
Doping.
- How are anabolic steroids regulated in sport, and what do anti-doping bodies and health authorities say about risks? provenance
- Is the request seeking to obtain or use steroids illegally, which must be declined? boundary
Health
Health effects of misuse.
Health
Health.
- What health effects of non-medical steroid use are documented, and what support exists? provenance
- Which entry fits substance use support? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How were steroids discovered and developed as medicines, according to historians of science? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can steroid chemistry and biology be taught? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each steroid class be a separate entry?
- How should clinical guidelines be linked?
- How should anti-doping resources be linked?