Hormone vs Metabalome - What's the difference?
hormone | metabalome |
(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
Any similar substance in plants.
(biology) complete set of small-molecule metabolites (such as metabolic intermediates, hormones and other signalling molecules, and secondary metabolites) to be found within a biological sample, such as a single organism.