Spectacular salads for July 4th picnic

The Spatulatta gang has created spectacular fireworks salads exploding with flavor. What a fun, creative way to get the kids to eat salads … and sprouts!
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And then another HDAC-focused study …on breast cancer cells

Johns Hopkins researchers pursued the theory that sulforaphane is an HDAC inhibitor in breast cancer cell lines. The data results “suggest that sulforaphane inhibits cell growth, activates apoptosis, inhibits HDAC activity, and decreases the expression of key proteins involved in breast cancer proliferation in human breast cancer cells,” according to the team at Johns [...]

Prostate cancer research

Researchers at Oregon State University conducted studies that provide evidence that one means through which sulforaphane acts as a cancer chemopreventive agent in vivo is through the inhibition of HDAC activity. The scientists gave nude mice an average daily dose of 7.5 µmol of sulforaphane for 21 days, during which time the sulforaphane appeared to [...]

Happy Father’s Day!

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. ~Author Unknown

Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran widowed when his [...]

We’re so pleased

The basic science supporting sulforaphane continues to advance. The number of scientific publications worldwide has reached over 500, contributing to the understanding of the mechanism by which sulforaphane and glucoraphanin (sulforaphane glucosinolate, SGS™) works and providing a deeper comprehension of the ability of phase 2 inducers to prevent a variety of diseases. More [...]