Seaweed and soy: Companion foods in Asian cuisine and their effects on thyroid function in American women

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-100

  Teas, Jane ^a,b   Braverman, Lewis E ^d   Kurzer, Mindy S ^e   Pino, Sam ^d   Hurley, Thomas G ^b   Hebert, James R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b South Carolina Cancer Center   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemoprevention; Diet; Postmenopausal women; Seaweed; Soy; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ASIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; ISOFLAVONES; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEAWEED; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ALARIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 34248221001     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2005.056     Document Type: Article

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