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13 years ago
What normally stops hormone action, and why is this important?
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13 years ago
Hormones are degraded by enzymes and eliminated in the urine. This disposal of hormones is essential to the ability to regulate their action and prevent them from being too effective. For example, if insulin were not closely regulated, too much glucose could be removed from the blood, depriving brain cells of their only fuel source and causing brain damage, coma, and/or death.
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5 years ago
Hormone action is maintained by a negative or positive control mechanism. Let' s take the example of Melatonin which is secreted by the pineal galnd and help in the maintenance of the body's circadian rhythm.When it is dark body produces more melatonin and when it is day the body produces less melatonin.

The regulation is essential in maintaining a proper balance of all the body functions.
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