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Chemically hormones belong chiefly to two molecular groups. The two groups are the steroids and the amino acid based molecules.

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they are classified as either steroids or amino acid based.

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water soluble (peptides- bind to receptors on plasma membrane of a cell)

and lipid soluble (steroid hormones- bind to receptor in cytoplasm of nucleus of a cell)

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the steroids and the amino acid based

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