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Cholesterol is an important biomolecule precursor for hormones. What functional group(s) are present

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Answer:

Hydroxyl group, carbon group

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because cholesterol is a lipid that has four linked hydrocarbon group called sterol. The sterol is the hydroxyl group which form hydrogen biynd with the neighbouring carbonyl oxygen of phospholipids head.

Cholesterol is found in the cells if the body and it is a precursor for producing vitamin D and steroids hormones like aldosterone, cortisone e.t.c

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