Tag: coordination in human beings- chemical control

The sex hormone which controls the development and maintenance of pregnancy is progesterone. Progesterone, female sex hormone that induces secretory changes in the lining of the uterus essential for successful implantation of a fertilized egg. It is secreted chiefly by the corpus luteum, a group of cells formed in the ovary after the follicle ruptures during the release of the egg cell. Progesterone is secreted during pregnancy by the placenta and acts to prevent spontaneous abortion. The hormone also prepares the mammary glands for milk production.

The hormone that promotes anabolism and inhibits catabolism is insulin.
Insulin is an anabolic hormone that promotes energy storage in the form of glycogen, triglycerides and proteins. Thus, insulin promotes anabolism (building up of tissues) and inhibits catabolism (breaking down of tissues) in muscle, liver, and fat cells. It increases the rate of synthesis of glycogen, fatty acids, and proteins.

The hormone that prepares the uterus for the implantation of the embryo is progesterone. 
Progesterone from the corpus luteum is essential for supporting the embryos growth. During pregnancy, the placenta begins to produce progesterone about 6 to 7 weeks after the egg is fertilized. It plays an important role in the development of the foetus, stimulates the growth of maternal breast tissue, prevents lactation, and strengthens the pelvic wall muscles in preparation for labor.

The element present in traces in insulin is Zinc. It plays an important role in insulin metabolism and acts as an efficient antioxidant.

Increased blood pressure may be caused by the excess secretion of adrenaline. This powerful hormone is a part of the human body's acute stress response system.

The total number of amino acids in a molecule of the Hypoglycemic hormone is 51. The human hormone insulin is composed of 51 amino acids. It is a dimer of an A-chain consisting of 21 amino acids, and a B-chain consisting of 30 amino acids, which are linked together by disulphide bonds.

Thyroxin is secreted from thyroid gland. It regulates general growth and development and controls carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism.
Insulin is secreted in pancreatic islets. It controls carbohydrate metabolism and maintains glucose level in the blood.
Glucocorticoids have antiinflammatory effect. They are part of the feedback mechanism in the immune system that turns immune activity (inflammation) down.
Auxins play vital role in several growth and behavioral processes in the plant's life cycle and are essential for plant body development.

The hormone which controls the contraction of uterus after child birth and also produces lactation in the mammary glands is oxytocin. Oxytocin is released from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. The release of oxytocin include childbirth, suckling and coitus, the uterine contractions that result may facilitate either childbirth or the ascent of spermatozoa through the fallopiantubes. Oxytocin may also play a role in the initiation of labor. The milk ejection response occurs only in females immediately after childbirth.

Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Insulin contains disulphide bonds due to presence of cystine residues.
Disulphide bonds are absent in Haemoglobin.