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Iodine deficiency: Clinical implications.
Iodine is crucial for thyroid hormone synthesis and fetal neurodevelopment. Major dietary sources of iodine in the United States are...
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Is There an Ideal Diet to Protect against Iodine Deficiency?
Iodine deficiency is a global issue and affects around 2 billion people worldwide, with pregnant women as a high-risk group....
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Iodine Status of Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age in the United States.
In the United States, the iodine status of populations is determined from the median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) of spot...
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Molecular Iodine Has Extrathyroidal Effects as an Antioxidant, Differentiator, and Immunomodulator.
Most investigations of iodine metabolism in humans and animals have focused on its role in thyroid function. However, considerable evidence...
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The history of iodine in medicine Part I: from discovery to essentiality.
The essential element iodine has been kept in the Dark Ages over the last 60 years after World War II....
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Safety evaluation of olive phenolic compounds as natural antioxidants.
Free and total polyphenolic compounds were extracted from the fruits and leaves of the Picual cultivar. The safety limits of...
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Polyphenols: Modulators of Platelet Function and Platelet Microparticle Generation?
Platelets and platelet microparticles (PMPs) play a key role in the pathophysiology of vascular disorders such as coronary artery disease...
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Evaluation of an olive leaf extract as a natural source of antiglycative compounds.
Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) have been associated to diabetes, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases. Mitigating the formation of AGEs is a...
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Oleuropein improves insulin resistance in skeletal muscle by promoting the translocation of GLUT4.
As the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet on human health are well established, the phenolic compounds in olive oil...
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