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THE results of recent investigations suggest that the genesis of endemic goitre in different countries is caused not only by iodine deficiency in food, but also by anti-thyroid compounds contained in different plants. Several goitrogenic compounds are so far known: l-5-vinyl-2-thiooxazolidone (goitrin)1, polysulphides2 and thio-cyanates3,4. These last-named can be formed from cyanoglucosides contained in larger quantities in some species of white clover5.
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BOBEK, S., PELCZARSKA, A. Thiocyanate-level in the Serum and Thyriod of Cows from Areas With Different Intensities of Goitre in Human Beings. Nature 198, 1002 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981002a0
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