Glucoraphanin conversion into sulforaphane and related compounds by gut microbiota [PDF]
Glucosinolate glucoraphanin, common in cruciferous vegetables, is a biologically stable precursor of isothiocyanates, such as sulforaphane and erucin, potent activators of Nrf2 signaling coordinating an adaptive response to oxidative stress. Sulforaphane
Volodymyr Lushchak, Oleh Lushchak
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Optimization of Engineered Production of the Glucoraphanin Precursor Dihomomethionine in Nicotiana benthamiana [PDF]
Glucosinolates are natural products characteristic of the Brassicales order which include vegetables such as cabbages and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
Jonathan Gershenzon +2 more
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Glucoraphanin Accumulation via Glucoraphanin Synthesis Promotion during Broccoli Germination
Glucoraphanin is an important glucosinolate which is widely distributed in Brassica vegetables and poses an anticancer effect to humans. Although researchers have paid a lot of attention to the changes in glucoraphanin concentration in seedlings of ...
Guangmin Liu +4 more
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Factors Influencing Glucoraphanin and Sulforaphane Formation in Brassica Plants: A Review
Sulforaphane is a type of sulfur-containing isothiocyanates hydrolyzed from glucosinolates by myrosinase found in Brassica plants. Sulforaphane is a naturally occurring inducer of phase II enzymes in human and animal bodies to detoxify cancer-causing ...
Zhen-xin GU, Qiang-hui GUO, Ying-juan GU
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Sulforaphane in cancer precision medicine: from biosynthetic origins to multiscale mechanisms and clinical translation [PDF]
Sulforaphane (SFN), an isothiocyanate derived from glucoraphanin in cruciferous vegetables, has evolved from a dietary antioxidant to a sophisticated multi-target agent in oncology.
Zhipeng Zhao +11 more
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Sulforaphane Determination by GC-MS Analysis: Mitigation of Thermal Degradation and Quality Evaluation of Two Broccoli-Based Supplements [PDF]
Sulforaphane (SF), the renowned hydrolysis product of glucoraphanin from broccoli, is known to undergo thermal degradation to 3-butenyl isothiocyanate (3-BITC) during gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. In this study, the effects on SF
Valentina Melini +4 more
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Sulforaphane and Broccoli-Derived Preparations in Obesity and Obesity-Related Metabolic Dysfunction: Mechanistic Insights, Preclinical Evidence, and Clinical Perspectives [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Obesity is a major global health challenge characterized by adipose tissue dysfunction, insulin resistance, chronic low-grade inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and increased cardiometabolic risk.
Efthymios Poulios +4 more
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Efficacy of 42-month oral administration of glucoraphanin in preventing cognitive decline in individuals at elevated risk of dementia, including those with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study [PDF]
BackgroundNuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a transcription factor that regulates cellular defense mechanisms and has been proposed as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Sunao Shimizu +13 more
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Hydrogel Beads Loaded with Glucosinolate-Rich Brassicaceae Extract as a Controlled-Release Alternative to Biofumigation [PDF]
Biofumigation was originally proposed as an alternative to toxic fumigants for the treatment of agricultural soils, owing to the biocidal effect of isothiocyanates (ITCs) released by some plant species like Brassicaceae.
Michele Baglioni +7 more
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Glucoraphanin (GRA) is a natural compound that has shown beneficial effects in chronic diseases and in central nervous system disorders. Moreover, GRA displayed antidepressant activity in preclinical models.
Paolo Tucci +2 more
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