Assertion: iodine | /r/HasProperty | central
Facets:
value: to t4
type: LOCATION
value: to the active thyroid hormones t3
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Iodine is central to healthy thyroid function.
text: Iodine is an essential mineral in the diet due to its importance towards cognition and fetal development secondary to being required for thyroid hormones; iodine is central to the active thyroid hormones T3 and T4, and a true iodine deficiency results in less of these hormones and may result in reduced cognition (if a subclinical deficiency) or cretinism (severe deficiency in utero).