Pick the odd one out of the following:

adrenaline / amylase / thyroxin / testosterone / oestrogen

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Solution

Amylases are a group of enzymes that hydrolyze starch. Many enzymes act on starch or on the oligosaccharides derived from them.

Amylase is an enzyme whereas rest all are hormones.

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