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How do plant hormones affect humans?


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The effect of plant hormone in humans:

  1. Plant hormones are chemical molecules that regulate plant development and responses to the environment.
  2. They are present in a very low concentration in the plant body.
  3. Some plant hormones are auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, abscisic acid, etc.
  4. Auxin possesses the potential to deal with depression as it is made from tryptophan from which the neurotransmitter serotonin is synthesized.
  5. Abscisic acid can trigger inflammation.
  6. Gibberellic acid also has an anti-inflammatory property.

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