Question

4 difference between steroids and carotenoids?​

Answer 1

As nouns the difference between steroid and carotenoid

 is that steroid is (biochemistry) a class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids while carotenoid is (organic chemistry) any of a class of yellow to red plant pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.