| For example, thyroxine for thyroid cancer, tamoxifen for oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer, and stilboestrol for cancer of the prostate. |
| Hormones that require amino acids for starting materials include thyroxine, and auxin. |
| It also poisons the enzyme which converts thyroxine to the more metabolically active T3 hormone. |
| Human beings require iodine for the production of the thyroid hormones, thyroxine and triiodothyronine. |
| The thyroid releases too much of the hormone thyroxine, which increases the person's basal metabolic rate. |
| The profile for free thyroxine is that obtained using equilibrium dialysis and low sample dilution. |
