How many peroxisomes does a cell have?

Question

I wanted to know:in what cells do peroxisomes exist, and how many peroxisomes does each cell has

Answer 1

Peroxisomes are tiny vesicular cell organelles that contain powerful digestive enzymes to break down lipids and certain toxins.

 

Therefore, there would be more Peroxisomes in the cells that form the tissue involved in digesting lipids, such as stomach and intestine. 

 

Likewise the tissue that comes in direct contact with inhaled air and might need to breakdown the dirt particles will also have more peroxisomes, an example is epithelial lining of respiratory tract in humans and animals. 

 

On the contrary, the muscle and liver that simply store glycogen are likely to have relatively low number of peroxisomes. 

 

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