Thyroxine hormone secreted by thyroid gland requires___ for its production.

iron

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iodine

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calcium

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thorium

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The correct option is B iodine
Thyroxine hormone secreted by thyroid gland requires iodine for its production. Insufficient iodine content in the diet may cause an imbalance in the thyroxine hormone causing hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism which may lead to conditions like swelling up of the thyroid gland- Goitre or Grave's disease.

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