1. How might liver disease affect the density of the bands? Which bands would be the most affected? What effects might these changes in plasma protein have on the body?
2. Suppose a man took a drug that acted as a 5cx-reductase inhibitor. What effects might this drug have on the prostate? Explain.
3. Suppose the 5cx-reductase inhibitor drug describe in question 2 also caused hair to grow in a man with male-pattern baldness. (Note: There is such a drug---Propecia). What could you conclude about the cause of male-pattern baldness? Explain.
4. The concentration of estriol and estetrol increases in the blood of pregnant women as the pregnancy progresses. How would the migration and Rf values of these two hormones compare with the migration and Rf value of estradiol in this chromatography exercise? Explain