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Chapter 40.1, Problem 1R
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The reason behind the rapid effects of hormone epinephrine as compared to the estrogen hormone.
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Various signals act in the body to coordinate different physiological activities. Hormones are proteinaceous in nature, which act as signaling molecules by entering into the blood-stream. Being proteinaceous in nature, they act by binding to the receptors, present inside or out on the surface of the cell.
Estrogen hormone is a sex hormone, primarily present in females. Estrogen is required to develop secondary sex characters in the females. Epinephrine is an
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