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If the aldosterone of ten million people were pooled together, only one gram of
the hormone would result. Despite the fact that there is so little of it in the human
body, the function of this hormone is very important.

ne. Research has shown that from one ton of adrenal glands, only ten mil-
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ligrams of aldosterone is secreted. In order to obtain one gram of aldos-
terone, it would be necessary to collect the aldosterone secreted from the
adrenal glands of a total of ten million people. The human body is creat-

ed in such a delicate balance that a deficiency in such a small quantity of
this hormone results in death.
As explained above, aldosterone has two purposes: to increase the
concentration of sodium (Na+) in the blood and to raise blood pressure.
These two requirements are intimately connected to each other and

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