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Andreas93 [3]
3 years ago
5

Why do lipophilic hormones require carrier proteins while being transported in the blood?

Biology
1 answer:
valina [46]3 years ago
6 0

Lipophilic hormones, intuitive as the name suggests, tend to dissolve well in lipids/fats than they do in water. Therefore lipophilic hormone does not dissolve well in blood plasma which would affect their diffusion.  The carrier proteins are mainly the serum albumins.


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