The adverse effects of severe iodine deficiency and maternal hypothyroidism on fetal and neonatal neurodevelopment are well-established. In recent decades, there has been an increasing emphasis on studying the effects of mild to moderate iodine deficiency during pregnancy and lactation. The American Thyroid Association (ATA) recommended in 2006 that all pregnant and lactating women in North Ame...

At the time after the Second World War, endemic goiter was present in most parts of Croatia with a prevalence of more than 50% and presence of cretinism. In the village of Rude near Zagreb, goiter was detected in 85% of school children with 2.3% of cretins in the village population. In 1953 the first regulation on obligatory salt iodination, requiring 10 mg of potassium iodide (KI) per kg of sa...

Environmental iodine deficiency continues to be a significant public health problem worldwide. On the other hand, iodide excess results principally from the use of iodine-containing medicinal preparations or radiographic contrast media. For this reason we intended to explore iodide excess impairment on prooxidant/antioxidant balance of the thyroid gland, hepatic tissue and in blood and the effe...

Herein, we have reported the facile synthesis of various benzimidazole / benzothiazole by using DBU-Iodine-Iodide as a green and simple catalyst. The R2NH+I3 complexes been formed reacting an aqueous mixture ammonium iodide molecular iodine with solution amine. structure has confirmed spectroscopic techniques. prepared amine-iodine screened catalyst in benzothiazoles. Among DBUH+I3complex found...

Diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography presents a comparatively new tool kit for imaging fine-scale three-dimensional phenotypes that is rapidly becoming standard anatomical practice. However, relatively few studies have attempted to look at subtle differences in staining protocols or attempted to model tissue reactions to gain insight into staining mechanisms. Here, two ...

Speciation and distribution of inorganic iodine in the highly stratified Krka estuary (east coast of the Adriatic Sea) were investigated in the period from December 2000 to April 2001. Conservative behavior of total inorganic iodine was confirmed during the investigated period, but significant temporal and longitudinal variations were also observed. Concentrations of iodate and iodide were less...

Prolonged intake of large amounts of iodine has been reported to increase the incidence of hypothyroidism in humans, as well as in animals which are prone to spontaneously developing autoimmune thyroiditis. We sought to investigate the histopathological consequences of large amounts of dietary iodine on the thyroid gland and observe the occurrence of lymphocytic infiltration associated with the...

We show that illumination of the chlorine dioxide-iodine-malonic acid reaction with visible light suppresses oscillations and shifts the steady state of the reaction to lower concentrations of iodide ions. In the system with starch, illumination results in a strong decrease of the steady-state concentration of the triiodidestarch complex. We suggest a simple mechanism, in which iodine atoms pro...

The standard and most widely accepted method for the determination of potassium depends upon its precipit,ation as potassium chloroplatinate. The modification called the Lindo-Gladding procedure (1) is official with the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. Methods based upon the precipitation of potassium as potassium of cobalti-nitrite (2), have been very useful in determination of p...

The distribution of potassium iodide tablets: is Belgium prepared for a nuclear incident? Potassium tablets are protective in case accident with the release radioactive iodine. After Chernobyl disaster 1986, there was an increased incidence thyroid cancer affected areas. Disaster readiness deficient, and population not aware possible measures. In Belgium, these freely available any public pharm...