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Rapid and sustainable detoxication of airborne pollutants by broccoli sprout beverage: results of a randomized clinical trial in China.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Aug 2014
Egner Patricia A, Chen Jian-Guo, Zarth Adam T, Ng Derek K, Wang Jin-Bing, Kensler Kevin H, Jacobson Lisa P, Muñoz Alvaro, Johnson Jamie L, Groopman John D, Fahey Jed W, Talalay Paul, Zhu Jian, Chen Tao-Yang, Qian Geng-Sun, Carmella Steven G, Hecht Stephen S, Kensler Thomas W
Abstract excerpt
Broccoli sprouts are a convenient and rich source of the glucosinolate, glucoraphanin, which can generate the chemopreventive agent, sulforaphane, an inducer of glutathione S-transferases (GST) and other cytoprotective enzymes. A broccoli sprout-derived beverage providing daily doses of 600 μmol glucoraphanin and 40 μmol sulforaphane was evaluated for magnitude and duration of pharmacodynamic action in a 12-week...
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