Ingrid Bauer wrote:

>
> where could i read informations about thyroid inhibitors in the cruciferous
> family of plants. ( turnips rutabagas, ...)?
> jean-claude

I've been doing some web research on this subject recently (I did a yahoo
search on "goitrogenic")..  Here is an interesting URL:

http://www.allocca.com/hypothy.txt

There is also a marvelous set of pages on feeding your iguana that covers
toxicity of many weeds and food plants.  Here is one of them:

http://www.metro.net/glenn/melissa/plantf-j.html

you can get to the others from that one.

Lynnet