alleryStart learning →Which mineral is needed to make thyroxin?
AChromium
BIodine
CIron
DCobalt
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Iodine
Thyroxin is an iodine-containing hormone, so iodine deficiency impairs it.
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