So today we had a partial snow day that robbed me of most of my potential material...
So...
Yeah...
Yesterday's post was good though! You should go read that one. Again. There'll be a quiz.
TIL: Female steroid hormones (like estrogen) have 18 carbons, male steroids (like testosterone) have 19, others (like progestins, glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids) have 21.
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a very popular anabolic steroid for doping athletes, is produced naturally by the body just prior to and after birth. It then peaks again in the mid-twenties and steadily declines from then on. DHEA is an androgen (sex hormone) precursor and has numerous beneficial side effects (hence the doping), particularly for the elderly who have severely diminished natural production.
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