When horses eat sinigrin with low iodine, their thyroid glands produce less hormone, but their brains don’t respond by sending more signal to the thyroid—unlike what typically happens in iodine...

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Effects of the Glucosinolate Sinigrin in Combination With a Noniodine Supplemented Diet on Serum Iodine and Thyroid Hormone Concentrations in Nonpregnant Mares.

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2020 Aug

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Effects of the Glucosinolate Sinigrin in Combination With a Noniodine Supplemented Diet on Serum Iodine and Thyroid Hormone Concentrations in Nonpregnant Mares.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2020.103110