Fruits and veggies. At least five cups per day will increase antioxidant consumption, which has been shown to decrease general cancer risk. Vividly colored fruits and vegetables like red peppers, purple cabbage, and blueberries are particularly high in antioxidants. High-fiber cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, kale, cauliflower, and cabbage contain compounds called glucosinolates that a...

Fruits and veggies. At least five cups per day will increase antioxidant consumption, which has been shown to decrease general cancer risk. Vividly colored fruits and vegetables like red peppers, purple cabbage, and blueberries are particularly high in antioxidants. High-fiber cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, kale, cauliflower, and cabbage contain compounds called glucosinolates that a...

Consumption of cruciferous vegetables has been associated with a reduced risk in the development of various types of cancer. This has been attributed to the bioactive hydrolysis products that are derived from these vegetables, namely isothiocyanates. Erucin is one such product derived from rocket salads, which is structurally related to sulforaphane, a well-studied broccoli-derived isothiocyana...

Isothiocyanates (ITCs), naturally occurring in abundance in cruciferous vegetables, are the most well-studied organosulfur compounds having an electrophilic reactivity. ITCs have been accepted as major ingredients of these vegetables that afford their health promoting potentials. ITCs are able to modulate protein functions related to drug-metabolizing enzymes, transporters, kinases and phosphat...

Sulforaphane, an isothiocyanate found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables. it is an antioxidantand anti-cancer agent, and reduces blood pressure, and also has anti-allergic Effects.In this article, six theoretical methods have been used for calculation of physical parameters insolforaphane and several similar compounds. We calculated physical parameters like atomic charges.energy (AE) ...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies have found that consumption of cruciferous vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer. This effect seems to be due to aromatic glucosinolate content. Glucosinolates are known for have both antiproliferative and proapoptotic actions. Maca is a cruciferous cultivated in the highlands of Peru. The absolute content of glucosinolates in Maca hy...

Isothiocyanates comprise the most promising class of chemopreventive phytochemicals. They are encountered at substantial amounts in cruciferous vegetables where they exist in the form of glucosinolates. Epidemiological studies have linked consumption of isothiocyanates to low cancer incidence at a number of sites. Furthermore, laboratory studies in animal models of cancer have established that ...

The thermal breakdown of glucobrassicin, the major natural indole glucosinolate present in cruciferous vegetables, has been studied. This study has been conducted using pure synthetic glucobrassicin instead of raw vegetable material to eliminate possible other sources (i.e., enzymatic or chemical) of degradation. After 1 h in aqueous solution at 100 degrees C, 10% of the original glucobrassicin...

UNLABELLED Sulforaphane (SFN), a naturally occurring isothiocyanate found in cruciferous vegetables, is implicated as a possible therapy for airway inflammation via induction of the transcription factor NF-E2-related factor 2 (NRF2). In this proof-of-concept clinical study, we show that supplementation of SFN with broccoli sprout homogenate in healthy human subjects did not induce expression of...