Conversion of Thyroxine to Triiodothyronine in Normal Human Subjects
- 11 September 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 169 (3950) , 1099-1100
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3950.1099
Abstract
The conversion of thyroxine to triiodothyronine, previously demonstrated in athyreotic human subjects, has been investigated in normal subjects who were given intravenous injections of purified thyroxine labeled with carbon-14 in ring A and in the alanine side chain. Evidence for the conversion of T4 to T3 was provided by the finding of carbon-14 in the T3 fraction isolated from serums. It is estimated that an appreciable fraction of T4 may be transformed to T3 in normal man.Keywords
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