Match the following columns and select the correct option: (a) Pituitary hormone (i) Steroid (b) Epinephrine

Question

Match the following columns and select the correct option:

Column-I                           Column-II

(a) Pituitary hormone    (i) Steroid

(b) Epinephrine               (ii) Neuropeptides

(c) Endorphins                (iii) Peptides, proteins

(d) Cortisol                      (iv) Biogenic amines

(1) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

(2) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)

(3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

(4) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

Answer 1

Answer (3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

Sol. Option (3) is the correct answer as cortisol is a steroidal hormone. Endorphins are natural painkillers that are neuropeptides.

Epinephrine/adrenaline is a catecholamine and a biogenic amine.