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While ____ hormones can travel freely in the blood,_____ hormones require a carrier protein because they are not soluble in the aqueous plasma

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While water soluble hormones can travel freely in the blood, lipid soluble hormones require a carrier protein because they are not soluble in the aqueous plasma

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The water-soluble hormones such as insulin are dissolved in the blood and are carried along with the blood to their target cells.

However, lipid-soluble hormones such as steroid hormones (cortisol) and thyroxine are hydrophobic in nature. These hormones are not dissolved in water-based blood plasma. So, these lipid-soluble hormones are carried through the carrier proteins.

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