Adrenal steroids classification

Classification. Classification becomes a bizarre problem by reason of the (a) overlapping uses to which these substances are put. and (b) the multiple purposes for which the hormones or synthetic substances are used. Indeed, the steroids may be classified by structure that however would be uninformative to the student as to their u.se. Classification by origin, as adrenal, would also be unsuitable because, for example, a number of the adrenal corticosteroids are not found in the adrenal cortex at all. but merely resemble the natural hormones found in the adrenal cortex. 

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