From the BBC News July 13 2010
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More evidence that broccoli contains elements which can help fight prostate cancer has been published in a new study by scientists in Norfolk.
The Institute of Food at Norwich has found broccoli contains sulforaphane, a chemical that boosts cells lacking an anti-tumour gene called PTEN.
When PTEN is [...]
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Filed under: SGS, cancer, prostate cancer, sulforaphane on July 13th, 2010 | No Comments »
More than 10 million new cancer cases are diagnosed each year worldwide, prompting the health-conscious to incorporate preventative habits into their daily routines. Based on studies that prove following the right diet can be a powerful weapon against the development of many cancers, Northglenn-based Friends Trading Company, has seen a measureable increase in consumers’ interest in functional food products, such as BroccoSprouts.
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Filed under: SGS, antioxidants, breast cancer, broccoli, cancer, sprouts on July 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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Breast Cancer Stem Cells and BroccoSprouts
Research from the University of Michigan suggest that sulforaphane inhibits breast cancer stem and these findings support that sulforaphane is a potentially viable therapy for breast cancer.
The research article, published in Clinical Cancer Research (May 2010) states, “This [...]
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Filed under: SGS, antioxidants, breast cancer, broccoli, cancer, nutrition, recipes, science news, sprouts, tea on June 16th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In this study conducted at University of California, Davis, researchers extracted methanol from fresh broccoli sprouts. The sulforaphane from the broccoli sprouts inhibited the H. pylori. The researchers concluded that “The results indicate that broccoli sprouts can be an excellent food source for medicinal substances.”
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Billions of dollars are dedicated to cancer research each year, but that research often takes a long time to trickle down to information that consumers can really use. Consumers are also bombarded with conflicting and confusing information about health and nutrition (eat this, don’t eat that, don’t microwave this, combine these foods…).
But, there is one well-researched and proven natural plant compound which has anticancer activity, sulforaphane, that is readily available to everyone in its precursor (sulforaphane glucosinolate, often referred to as SGS) from broccoli sprouts available in fresh produce sections of supermarkets.
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Broccoli could stop breast cancer spreading by targeting stem cells
By Jenny Hope
Last updated at 8:05 AM on 5th May 2010
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1271656/Broccoli-stop-breast-cancer-spreading-targeting-stem-cells.html#
The Daily Mail reports that broccoli contains sulforaphane, which seemed to kill off cancer stem cells in tests. After this story was reported in the Daily Mail, it was picked up by ABC News & [...]
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Dundee, Scotland, report in Photochemistry & Photobiological Sciences, a journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry, that hairless mice developed 25 per cent fewer skin tumours following exposure to UV radiation and fed a broccoli extract for 13 weeks, compared with mice receiving a standard protective [...]
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http://www.livestrong.com/article/94227-broccoli-sprouts-nutrition/
Livestrong.com gives a nice overview of the power of BroccoSprouts. Take a look!
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According to researchers at Harbin Medical University in China, their study, published in Oncology Reports February 2010, strongly supports the contention that P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (known as p38 MAPK) is a pivotal and efficient target of sulforaphane in the chemoprevention of bladder cancer.
Citation:
Oncol Rep. 2010 Apr;23(4):1133-8.
p38 MAPK plays a distinct role in sulforaphane-induced up-regulation [...]
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Researchers at Wayne State University reported that sulforaphane induces cell cycle arrest by protecting RB-E2F-1 complex in epithelial ovarian cancer cells.
To put it in simpler terms, in this laboratory study, sulforaphane was shown to stop the growth and promote the programmed cell death (apatosis) of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer cells. These researchers concluded [...]
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