Triiodothyronine

"Triiodothyronine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A T3 thyroid hormone normally synthesized and secreted by the thyroid gland in much smaller quantities than thyroxine (T4). Most T3 is derived from peripheral monodeiodination of T4 at the 5' position of the outer ring of the iodothyronine nucleus. The hormone finally delivered and used by the tissues is mainly T3.

Descriptor ID	D014284
MeSH Number(s)	D06.472.931.740.385 D12.125.072.050.767.741.894
Concept/Terms	Triiodothyronine Triiodothyronine T3 Thyroid Hormone Thyroid Hormone, T3 Liothyronine Cytomel Cytomel

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
Hormones [D06.472]
Thyroid Hormones [D06.472.931]
Thyronines [D06.472.931.740]
Triiodothyronine [D06.472.931.740.385]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Amino Acids [D12.125]
Amino Acids, Cyclic [D12.125.072]
Amino Acids, Aromatic [D12.125.072.050]
Thyroxine [D12.125.072.050.767]
Thyronines [D12.125.072.050.767.741]
Triiodothyronine [D12.125.072.050.767.741.894]

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