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androstane steroid glycoside sterol diosgenin gonane cardiotonic steroid bufagin steroid hormone bile acid anabolic steroid protein hormone lipid carboxylic acid hydrocarbon heterocyclic compound organosulfur compound nucleic acid carbohydrate organometallic compound

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R.B. Woodward, 1966.

Robert Burns Woodward

American chemist