Amar K. Chandra ¹, Indrajit Ray ¹, Tarun K. Das ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Calcutta - 700 009, IN

Abstract

The importance of iodine as an essential element arises from the fact that it is a constituent of thyroid hormone-thyroxine (T₄) and tri iodothyronine (T₃). Thyroid hormones are essential for normal growth including physical and mental development in man and animal1. The basic effect of iodine deficiency is to interfere with the production of thyroid hormones.

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Amar K. Chandra ¹, Indrajit Ray ¹, Prasenjit Ray ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Life Sciences, Tripura University, Agartala 799 044, IN

Abstract

Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) has been considered as a major public health problem in recent past all over the world. The major manifestations of IDD are abortion, still birth, goiter, brain damage, impaired physical and mental development that ultimately cause socio-economic retardation of the affected community.

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