An important process that can activate a steroid hormone or even change a steroid hormone into a different type of hormone (e.g., changing an androgen into an estrogen) is called:
A. renal excretion
B. peripheral conversion
C. steroid hormone–receptor binding
D. hepatic conjugation
E. dimerization
ANS: B
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