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  • adjective Of or pertaining to a goitrogen

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  • These food components, called goitrogenic compounds, are found primarily in cruciferous vegetables (for example, cabbage and broccoli), soybean products, cassava root, peanuts, mustard, and millet.

    The World's Healthiest Foods 2009

  • These food components, called goitrogenic compounds, are found primarily in cruciferous vegetables (for example, cabbage and broccoli), soybean products, cassava root, peanuts, mustard, and millet.

    The World's Healthiest Foods 2009

  • These food components, called goitrogenic compounds, are found primarily in cruciferous vegetables (for example, cabbage and broccoli), soybean products, cassava root, peanuts, mustard, and millet.

    The World's Healthiest Foods 2009

  • Soy isoflavones, touted by many as a benign substitute for endogenous estrogens for postmenopausal women, can be goitrogenic, although the amounts usually consumed by adults are insufficient to have that effect.

    Environmental effects on the thyroid 2009

  • Sorghum (Jowar) like Pearl Millet (Bajra) also contains goitrogenic substance.

    GOITROGENS & ENDEMIC GOITER 2008

  • Studies showed that the goitrogenic substance was present in both bran & endosperm portions of the grain & was not destroyed by grain fermentation however autoclaving reduced the goitrogeic properties of Pearl Millet.

    GOITROGENS & ENDEMIC GOITER 2008

  • They established the goitrogenic properties of Cabbage, Turnip & particularly the seeds of Cabbage, Mustard & Rye.

    GOITROGENS & ENDEMIC GOITER 2008

  • In ruminants, however, rumen bacteria convert the mimosine to 3,4-dihydroxypyridine (DHP) which is then absorbed, acting as a goitrogenic agent to reduce the production of thyroxine.

    Chapter 4 1994

  • Cooking or steaming typically can reduce the goitrogenic effect of vegetables.

    About.com Thyroid Disease 2010

  • Her life was saved after being given huge doses of thyroid hormones intravenously, along with anti-inflammatory medication. goitrogenic vegetables.

    About.com Thyroid Disease 2010

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