Question
Differentiate: Hormones and Enzyme.
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Answer
| Hormones | Enzyme |
| Act at sites usually far away from source. | Act usually within the same cell or at the most close to the cell. |
| Always transported by blood. | Not transported by blood. In some cases transported by ducts. |
| Chemically may be proteins, steroids or amino acids. | Chemically always protein. |
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