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MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
Volume 62, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201700980
Keywords
bioavailability; broccoli; isothiocyanates; mustard; myrosinase; urine
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- TETFund (Tertiary Education Trust Fund) Nigeria
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ScopeBroccoli contains glucosinolate glucoraphanin, which, in the presence of myrosinase, can hydrolyze to isothiocyanate sulforaphane, reported to have anticarcinogenic activity. However, the myrosinase enzyme is denatured on cooking. Addition of an active source of myrosinase, such as from powdered mustard seed, to cooked Brassica vegetables can increase the release of health beneficial isothiocyanates; however, this has not previously been proven in vivo. Methods and resultsThe concentration of sulforaphane metabolite (sulforaphane N-acetyl-l-cysteine [SF-NAC]) in 12 healthy adults after the consumption of 200 g cooked broccoli, with and without 1 g powdered brown mustard, was studied in a randomized crossover design. During the 24-h period following the consumption of the study sample, all urine was collected. SF-NAC content was assayed by HPLC. When study subjects ingested cooked broccoli alone, mean urinary SF-NAC excreted was 9.8 5.1 mol per g creatinine, and when cooked broccoli was consumed with mustard powder, this increased significantly to 44.7 +/- 33.9 mol SF-NAC per gram creatinine. ConclusionThese results conclude that when powdered brown mustard is added to cooked broccoli, the bioavailability of sulforaphane is over four times greater than that from cooked broccoli ingested alone.
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