Testosterone, which is a steroidal hormone, has the following structure.

The total number of asymmetric carbon atom/s in testosterone is .

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Testosterone, which is a steroidal hormone, has the following structure.

The total number of asymmetric carbon atom/s in testosterone is .

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The structure of testosterone contains multiple stereocenters.
By carefully inspecting the typical saturated carbons, we can identify  chiral carbons. Here they are marked:

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Therefore, the total number of asymmetric carbon atoms in testosterone is 6.

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