Sterane
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sterane is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) A tetracyclic hydrocarbon related to the steroids.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) A tetracyclic hydrocarbon related to the steroids.
Example Sentences
At right, values in parentheses represent a measure of relative signal intensity for the steranes in acquired MRM chromatograms (though absolute abundances are determined from individual peak areas) and the numbers beneath are the masses (in daltons) of the ion transitions (molecular weight fragment ion) used in MRM GC-MS in each case.
Word Forms
- steranes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protostane, asterane, estrane, stanone, gonane, cholestane.
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