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Ueber das normale vorkommen von Jod im Thierkörper.

Hoppe-Seyl. Z. physiol. Chem., 21, 319-30, 481-93; 22,1-17, 1895 – 1896.

Demonstration of the presence of iodine in organic combination in the thyroid. Baumann isolated an iodine-containing compound (“Thyrojodin”). The biochemical research stimulated by this work led eventually to the discovery of thyroxine. Second paper is written with E. Roos.



Subjects: Ductless Glands: Internal Secretion › Thyroid, Parathyroids, ENDOCRINOLOGY › Thyroid
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