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What are hormones? Give examples.

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Hormone is an organic substance that is secreted by one tissue into the blood stream and induces a physiological response in other tissues. It is an inter cellular signaling molecule.
Virtually every process is a complex organism is regulated by one or more hormones.
Example, insulin, epinephrine, estrogen, androgen etc.
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