Talk:Thyroxine
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I'm thinking of merging thyroxine and triiodothyr.. T3 into one page, possibly thyroid hormone. (In the same way fibrin and fibrinogen go to the same place. Also saccule and utricle.)
Normally i'm not the greatest fan of over-merging, but T4 and T3 are normally used interchangably (or at least at the same time), and the differences are probably best discussed on the one page.
If anyone's strongly opposed speak now. Or just reverse it later :-) tb 00:12, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- They are different chemically, and I would not merge thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine. It is an over simplification to consider thyroxine as only a pro-hormone. The pituitary thyroxine receptor appears to be more specific for thyroxine than T3. Thyroxine itself does have a few actions distinct from being a source of T3, and is also probably the major hormone controlling development in amphibians. I would use this page as a chemical description of thyroxine, and have discussionss on physiology, gopiter, animals and comparative endocrinology on there separate pages. You can always click on "What links here".Pustelnik 00:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
I find this page to be far too brief. No discussion of the physiological role of these hormones? I think it needs to be expanded via links----151.203.240.246 15:37, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
What is relationship between thyroxine, dietary iodine, and goiters? 24.181.225.111 05:11, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
This article is not even start level, it can only be a stub. Somebody tag this article please. 85.106.158.194 15:47, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Structure
Charles Robert Harington discovered the structure of thyroxine. JFW | T@lk 23:25, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
The diagram at the bottom is confusing, since it shows the conversion and not the synthesis of Thyroxine. It would be interesting to show the synthesis plan for Thyroxin like it is done for epinephrine or serotonin. --Weeddude 10:15, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
- I agree. I have in the meantime changed the caption to "Transformations". Eric Kvaalen (talk) 17:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merger proposal
I think levothyroxine should be merged into this article. The two articles discuss exactly the same substance, one as a hormone, the other as a drug. I don't think there is a sufficiently good reason to separate them, and a lot of information which is in the articles (or should be) should be in both, which would cause even more overlap. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 17:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
These two articles must be merged. There is a lot more information that needs to be added, particularly the physiological actions of thyroxine, its regulation etc.Prakashmalshe (talk) 03:31, 15 May 2008 (UTC) Dr. Prakash C. Malshe.
