“…I N previous papers (Matsumoto et al, 1969;Akiba and Matsumoto, 1971), antithyroid effects of (-)-5-vinyl-2-oxazoIidinethione (goitrin), a naturally occurring goitrogen in plants of Brassica family, have been investigated in chicks. The relative activity of goitrin compared with synthetic goitrogen has been demonstrated in man and in the rat (Astwood et al, 1949;lino, 1961;and Faiman et al, 1967), but it has not yet been investigated in chicks.…”