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Toxicants Occurring Naturally in Foods
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Toxicants Occurring Naturally in Foods FOOD PROTECTION COMMITTEE FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL PUBLICATION 1354 National Academy of Sciences National Research Council WASHINGTON, D.C.
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First printing, March 1967 Second printing, November 1967 Third printing, July 1971 Available from Printing and Publishing Office National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue Washington, D.C. 20418 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-60059
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Preface The material in this monograph was prepared by individual scientists upon invitation of the Food Protection Committee of the Food and Nutrition Board and expresses their interpretations and conclusions. The Committee is indebted to each of the authors for his contribution to the monograph.
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Contents Introduction l Goitrogens in Foods 3 J
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Foods as Antigens and Allergens 72 HERBERT C
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Gossypol 242 EDWARD EAGLE Nitrates and Nitrites ~ 250 D
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Introduction Public health activities associated with food regulation and control have long dealt with hazards of chance contamination of foods with pathogens and toxic substances. More recently, the toxic hazards associated with substances intentionally added to foods for some functional purpose or with residues of substances used in some phase of food production, processing, or storage have claimed attention.
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2 INTRODUCTION there has been no observation of adverse effect in man. This may be because intake is too small to cause effects or because chronic effects may be difficult to identify.
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GOITROGENS 5 through stimulation of secretion of thyrotrophin by the anterior pituitary. The active goitrogen, /-5-vinyl-2-thiooxazolidone, does not occur free in the seeds of Brassicae.'!
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GOITROGENS 7 of interfering with thyroid function of humans who drink such milk. Thus, Clements and Wishart>6 found that milk produced by cows fed on grass pasture had less effect on the uptake of 3!
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GOITROGENS 9 goitrogenic effect of soybeans. It is difficult to believe that this effect can be the sole explanation for the goitrogenicity of soybeans in view of the report by Halverson et al.5?
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GOITROGENS 11 capable of inhibiting in vitro the conversion of acetyldiiodotyrosine to acetylthyroxine. Later, a rather careful restudy®?
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