Sell Broccoli Extract

Description

Active Ingredient: Sulforaphane indole**-carbinol Specification: 0.4% Test Method:HPLC Broccoli Extract Brassica oleracea Botrytis cymosa Sulforaphane indole**-carbinol Indole**-carbinol (I3C) is a secondary metabolite found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage and brussels sprouts. A secondary metabolite is one not found preformed in vegetables, but formed after an enzyme in the vegetable (myrosinase) is exposed to a phytochemcial in the vegetable (glucobrassicin). This can occur only when vegetable cells are crushed or eaten, and is referred to as enzymatic hydrolysis. I3C, thus formed, is then broken down in the presence of acid (as in the acid environment of the stomach) to various by-products such as diindolylmethane (DIM), which are then absorbed. Why is this important? Because I3C has been shown to inhibit cancer cells in animal cancer models of the mammary, liver, and lung.**7 It is currently being evaluated in human clinical trials as a potential chemopreventive agent against breast and ovarian cancers.8