Lsn 16:  Steroids

• Steroid structure and properties
• Understand and draw the skeletal structure for steroids
• Discuss and predict the lipophilic/lipophobic properties of steroids
• Explain the effects of anabolic steroids and of each of the two classes of corticosteroids (mineralcorticoids and glucocorticoids)
• Outline where steroids are produced, what their sources are, and how they work hormones in the human body
• Discuss steroidal sex hormones
• Inflammation and steroids
• Understand the molecular basis of inflammation to include the role of phospholipases, arachidonic acid, cyclooxgenase, lipoxygenase, prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes
• Explain the molecular mechanism of action for steroids as anti-inflammatories
• Understand the emerging relevance of inflammatory processes in various diseases
• Understand the importance of C-reactive protein levels and the enzyme drug targets that pharmaceutical companies are focusing on
• Understand the roles of prednisone and cortisone medications respectively