I found this great article over at RawFoodLife.com. Robert Alan Ross provides us with a comprehensive review of the Science of Broccoli that is much easier to read than those research papers!
Give it a read.
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Cisplatin is a chemotherapy drug with a possible side effect of kidney damage. In this animal study, sulforaphane showed a cytoprotective effect against cisplatin-induced “renal dysfunction, structural damage, oxidative/nitrosative stress, glutathione depletion, enhanced urinary hydrogen peroxide excretion and the decrease in antioxidant enzymes.”
Source: Sulforaphane protects against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity.
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A new study shows sulforaphane protects ischemic injury of hearts.
Rats received sulforaphane for 3 days, followed by the performanace of global ischemia on their hearts. Those rats who received sulforaphane prior to the ischemia showed improved coronary flow as compared with the untreated control hearts. Furthermore, sulforaphane significantly decreased the infarcted [...]
Filed under: SGS, heart, science news on December 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »
