Androgens, e.g. testosterone, are typically referred to as male hormones but are produced in females too and are responsible for hair growth.... View Article
Chymotrypsin is secreted as chymotrypsinogen by the pancreas. Trypsin activates chymotrypsinogen and converts it to chymotrypsin in the duodenum.... View Article
Trypsin and chymotrypsin are proteolytic enzymes secreted by the pancreas. They act in the duodenum. The main difference between trypsin and... View Article
Chymotrypsin is secreted by the pancreas as chymotrypsinogen. It acts in the duodenum. Chymotrypsin catalyses proteolysis, preferentially... View Article
Cholesterol acts a precursor for many steroid hormones. E.g. progestogens, androgens, glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids and estrogens. Also... View Article
Growth hormone (GH) is secreted by the pituitary gland. Over-secretion of GH leads to gigantism. In adults, excess secretion of GH causes severe... View Article
Trypsin is a proteolytic enzyme that hydrolyses peptide bonds and breaks protein into smaller peptides in the duodenum. It is secreted by the... View Article
The end product of protein digestion is the hydrolysis of peptide bonds to free amino acids. Protein digestion starts in the stomach with pepsin... View Article
Cholecystokinin is a hormone secreted by the small intestine. It stimulates the secretion of pancreatic and bile juices. The presence of HCl,... View Article
Vmax is the maximum velocity of the reaction at which all the enzymes get saturated with the substrate. Km is the concentration of substrate at... View Article
Lactate dehydrogenase or LDH is an oxidoreductase enzyme present in the cytoplasm of the cell. It is involved in anaerobic respiration. Also... View Article
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is an important enzyme of anaerobic cellular respiration. It catalyses the reversible conversion of pyruvate to... View Article
The main reason for high levels of hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) is pregnancy. hCG is secreted by the placenta. Also Check: How Can The... View Article
Lactate dehydrogenase of lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) is an important enzyme of the anaerobic metabolic pathway. It converts pyruvate to... View Article
Lactate dehydrogenase is responsible for generating ATP when oxygen is absent. It continuously replenishes NAD+ from NADH, which is required for... View Article
At high atmospheric humidity, transpiration is low. This is because the transpiration rate is proportional directly to the saturation deficit.... View Article
When the movement of solute is limited compared to the water movement across the semipermeable cell membranes, water moves as per its chemical... View Article
DPD is the reason for the movement of water between cells. When a cell is dropped in pure water, it displays endosmosis, hence water enters the... View Article
Guttation is the loss of water via hydathodes (water stomata). This process takes place when the rate of transpiration is very low in comparison... View Article