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| Chemical Nature of Major Hormones | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chemical Group | Hormone | Major Source |
| Peptides and Proteins | Growth Hormone | Posterior Pituitary Gland |
| Oxytocin | ||
| ADH (Vasopressin) | ||
| Parathormone | Parathyroid Gland | |
| Calcitonin | Thyroid Gland | |
| Insulin | Islets of Langerhans (Pancreas) | |
| Glucagon | ||
| Gastrin | Stomach Mucosa | |
| Secretin | Duodenal Mucosa | |
| Adrenaline | Adrenal Medulla | |
| Amines | Noradrenaline | Sympathetic Nervous System and Adrenal Medulla |
| Thyroxine | Thyroid Gland | |
| Releasing and inhibiting Hormones and Factors of the Hypothalamus | Hypothalamus | |
| Folicle stimulating Hormone | Anterior Pituitary Gland | |
| Luteinising Hormone | ||
| Prolactin | ||
| Thyroid stimulating Hormone | ||
| Adrenocorticotropic Hormone | ||
| Steroids | Testosterone | Testis |
| Oestrogen | Ovary and Placenta | |
| Progesterone | ||
| Corticosteroids | Adrenal Cortex | |
| Fatty Acids | Prostaglandins | Many Tissues |
| Plasma | Lymph |
|---|---|
| Cell free part of Blood, contains salts, considerable amount of proteins as well as more or less all constituents of body. | Modified tissue fluid, contains cells like lymphocyte and monocytes, salts and small amount of proteins. |
| Flows within blood vessels | Flows within lymphatic vessels |
| Take part in nutrition, excretion, respiration etc. by transporting various materials and helps in the defence mechanism of the body by producing antibodies. | Supplies nutrition to tissue devoid of blood supply, takes part in fat absorption and defence mechanism of the body. |
| Can coagulate because if contains fibrinogen and prothrombin. | Can coagulate but very slowly because it contains these two in small quantities. |
