Steroid hormones are nonpolar molecules that travel in the blood. Explain how such molecules interact with the water of the plasma

What will be an ideal response?


Because they are nonpolar, steroids are hydrophobic and are excluded from dissolving within the watery plasma. Like other nonpolar plasma solutes, they require carrier proteins to be transported through the blood.

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