how lipids acts as messenger ? explain  with suitable example

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Some lipids act as messengers by acting as hormones. These hormones are the chemical messengers which stimulate specific function in cells or tissues. For example, testosterone is the hormone produced by testes in males that acts as lipid messenger. It stimulates the sperm production in testes. 

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