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A Nutritional Requirement for Bromine
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1956
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NutritionBiochemical NutritionIodine Deficiency DisordersGrowth InhibitionFeed AdditivePublic HealthNutrient PhysiologyGrowth HormoneBiochemistryAnimal NutritionClinical NutritionWhey AshThyroid ActivityNutritional ResponseEndocrinologyDevelopmental BiologyNutritional RequirementNutritional SciencesThyroid HormoneMetabolismMedicine
Addition of an iodinated casein with thyroid activity to a purified diet adequate in all known essential nutrients produced a growth retardation in mice. Growth inhibition was reversed by fractions of whey and by whey ash. The active inorganic component was found to be bromine.