Editing Steroid (section)

== {{anchor|History}}Research awards ==
A number of [[Nobel Prize]]s have been awarded for steroid research, including:
* 1927 ([[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]]) [[Heinrich Otto Wieland]] — Constitution of bile acids and sterols and their connection to vitamins<ref name="Nobel_Prize_Chemistry_1927">{{cite web | url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1927/ | title = The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927 | publisher = The Nobel Foundation | access-date = 27 November 2013 | archive-date = 20 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121020171424/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1927/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* 1928 (Chemistry) [[Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus]] — Constitution of sterols and their connection to vitamins<ref name="Nobel_Prize_Chemistry_1928">{{cite web | url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1928/ | title = The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1928 | publisher = The Nobel Foundation | access-date = 27 November 2013 | archive-date = 17 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017005100/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1928/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* 1939 (Chemistry) [[Adolf Butenandt]] and [[Leopold Ruzicka|Leopold Ružička]] — Isolation and structural studies of steroid sex hormones, and related studies on higher [[terpene]]s<ref name="Nobel_Prize_Chemistry_1939">{{cite web | url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1939/ | title = The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 | publisher = The Nobel Foundation | access-date = 27 November 2013 | archive-date = 20 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121020170744/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1939/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* 1950 ([[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]]) [[Edward Calvin Kendall]], [[Tadeus Reichstein]], and [[Philip Hench]] — Structure and biological effects of [[adrenocortical hormone|adrenal hormones]]<ref name="Nobel_Prize_Medicine_1950">{{cite web | url = http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1950/ | title = The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 | publisher = The Nobel Foundation | access-date = 27 November 2013 | archive-date = 19 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121019052608/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1950/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* 1965 (Chemistry) [[Robert Burns Woodward]] — In part, for the synthesis of cholesterol, [[cortisone]], and [[lanosterol]]<ref name="Nobel_Prize_Chemistry_1965">{{cite web | url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1965/ | title = The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1965 | publisher = The Nobel Foundation | access-date = 1 December 2013 | archive-date = 6 November 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106104006/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1965/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* 1969 (Chemistry) [[Derek Barton]] and [[Odd Hassel]] — Development of the concept of conformation in chemistry, emphasizing the steroid nucleus<ref name="Nobel_Prize_Chemistry_1969">{{cite web | url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1969/ | title = The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1969 | publisher = The Nobel Foundation | access-date = 27 November 2013 | archive-date = 22 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121022170833/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1969/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* 1975 (Chemistry) [[Vladimir Prelog]] — In part, for developing methods to determine the stereochemical course of cholesterol biosynthesis from [[mevalonic acid]] via [[squalene]]<ref name="Nobel_Prize_Chemistry_1975">{{cite web | url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1975/ | title = The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 | publisher = The Nobel Foundation | access-date = 1 December 2013 | archive-date = 20 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121020183933/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1975/ | url-status = live }}</ref>