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Lipid-derived hormones that are not steroids, for example, vitamin D and thyroxin, bind to receptors located in the nucleus of the target cell.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The use of such medication is not illegal under the World Anti-Doping Code, but many in the sport believe using drugs such as thyroxin is unethical because it could damage an athlete’s health.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2019

For adaptation to a water phase, prolactin is the required hormone, and for adaptation to the land phase, thyroxin.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

When Chemist Edwin Calvin Kendall of the Mayo Clinic isolated thyroxin, the essence of the thyroid, about 15 years ago, a loud cry of applause arose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Explained why it had to be stimulated with placentin and thyroxin.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley