How do most steroids differ from one another?

a) they differ in the functional groups attached to their backbone structure
b) all the steroids are linear; however, some have ring-structured functional groups
c) they differ in their basic backbone structure
d) they differ in their solubility


Ans: a) they differ in the functional groups attached to their backbone structure

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