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broccoli
Contains sulforaphane.
Indications:
- Potential benefits of broccoli:
a) anti-carcinogenic properties
- prevention of colon cancer
- prevention of breast cancer
b) prevention of macular degeneration
c) prevention of autism in utero? [4]
d) dietary sulforaphane, consumed as broccoli, may improve pain &/or physical function patients with osteoarthritis of the knee [5]
General
plant
medical food
References
- Merck Index, I2th ed, Merck & Co, Rahway NJ, 1996 # 9315
- Netscape 07/14/04 sites evidence from researchers at Johns
Hopkins University
- Egner PA et al
Rapid and Sustainable Detoxication of Airborne Pollutants
by Broccoli Sprout Beverage: Results of a Randomized
Clinical Trial in China.
Cancer Prevention Research. August 2014 7; 813
PMID: 24913818
http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/7/8/813
- Geller H
Can a Phytochemical Derived from Broccoli-Sprout Extract Alter
Autistic Behavior?
NEJM Journal Watch. Nov 4, 2014
Massachusetts Medical Society
(subscription needed) http://www.jwatch.org
- Singh K et al.
Sulforaphane treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014 Oct 28; 111:15550
PMID: 25313065
- Gever J
Really, Soup Might Help in Osteoarthritis?
Not just any soup. And no chicken needed.
MedPage Today. June 24, 2024
https://www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology/arthritis/110794
- Davidson RK, Watts L, Beasy G et al
The BRoccoli In Osteoarthritis (BRIO study) -
A randomised controlled feasibility trial to examine the potential protective
effect of broccoli bioactives, (specifically sulforaphane), on osteoarthritis.
medRxiv 2024. June 21.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.20.24309233v1