THE EFFECT OF CASSAVA LEAVE INTAKE ON THYROID-HORMONE AND URINARY IODINE

Authors
OSMAN BA NG ML BAKAR AA KHALID BAK
Citation
Ba. Osman et al., THE EFFECT OF CASSAVA LEAVE INTAKE ON THYROID-HORMONE AND URINARY IODINE, East African medical journal, 70(5), 1993, pp. 314-315
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
East African medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0012835X
Volume
70
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
314 - 315
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-835X(1993)70:5<314:TEOCLI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The effect of consuming large amounts of cassava leaves on thyroid fun ction and urinary iodine was studied. Twenty volunteers were given 200 gm of boiled cassava leaves twice a day for 12 consecutive days. Thyr oid hormones triiodothyronine and thyroxine were significantly lower b y 9 days. Urinary iodine excretion was also significantly decreased. C assava leaves, consumed in large amounts by aborigines, probably cause d goitres by decreasing iodine absorption.