Efficacy of feeding of soy fortified Shrikhand as functional food on thyroid hormone (T3, T4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) of rats

Abstract

The present investigation was based on an ideology “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food” and the aim was to assess the effect of soy fortified shrikhand on serum levels of Thyroid Hormone (T3, T4) and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) in rats. The research aimed at measuring the plasma concentrations of tri-iodothyronin (T3), thyroxin (T4) and TSH by feeding different types of feed (control shrikhand, soy fortified shrikhand and basal feed) to 100 albino test rats. Maize, pearl millet and pigeon pea seeds (1:1:1) were given as the basal feed (G1). The other treatment combinations were basal ration supplemented with 20% whole milk shrikhand (G2) and 10% (G3), 20% (G4) & 30% (G5) soy fortified shrikhand (SS) respectively. It was observed and concluded that T3 levels were significantly (P