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The goitrogenic effect of raw soybeans was seen in significant increases of both fresh and dry weights of thyroid glands when a diet containing 60% of beans was fed to rats, and a significant increase in the dry weight only of the gland when a diet containing 35% of raw soybeans was fed. The goitrogenic effect of 35% or 60% of raw soybeans in rat diets was obliterated by adding casein to the diets. This result was not attributable to iodine in the casein.
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