Suppression of thyroid function during ingestion of seaweed "Kombu" (Laminaria japonoca) in normal Japanese adults

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1103-1108

  Miyai, Kiyoshi ^a,b,d   Tokushige, Tomoyasu ^a   Kondo, Masahiko ^c   Kondo, Masako ^d   Takahashi, Masatoshi ^d   Watanabe, Risa ^d  

^a KOSHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c H   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Excess iodine; Hypothyroidism; Kombu (Laminaria japonica); Seaweed ingestion; Urinary iodine excretion

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE; LAMINARIA JAPONOCA; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEAWEED; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 58549095889     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K08E-125     Document Type: Article

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