Cauliflower, Broccoli

Plants Affected Cabbage family plants, such as cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and brussels sprouts. 

Fruits and vegetables undergoing processing come from different parts of a plant. They are roots (carrots, parsley, beetroots), stems (kohlrabi, potatoes), shoots (asparagus, onions), leaves (cabbages, spinach), flowers (cauliflower, broccoli), fruits (tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, apples, pears, plums, green bean), and seeds (green peas, beans) and must be appropriately prepared for the osmotic process. 

The consuming public is frequently unaware of the dietetic importance of Brassica oilseed crops since their oil and meal products are usually processed and blended as they enter the food chain. On the other hand, almost every consumer is familiar with their close relatives, the cole vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts, the condiment mustards, and the root crops of turnips, rutabagas and radishes. Many farmers directly feed forage rapes and kales while others attempt to rid their fields of weedy species such as black and wild mustard. 

In addition to the anticancer indole alkaloids vinblastine and vincristine, discnssed in the next section, many indoles display antitumor activity. Space does not allow complete coverage of these smdies. Indole-3-carbinol (Scheme 12, 75), found in vegetables of genns Brassica (kale, cauliflower, broccoli, turnip, collard, and others), its acid- and/or enzymatic-induced dimer, 3,3 -diindolylmethane (76), and its trimer, 2-(indol-3-yhnethyl)-3,3 -diindolylmethane (77), inhibit cancer cell proliferation and induce apoptosis in several cell lines [88-91]. However, one study reports that... 

Bisindoles, such as hamacanthin A, isolated from marine sponges Hamacantha sp., Spongosor-ites sp.), or the more famous indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a compoimd found in cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts) and its bisindole metabolite, 3,3 -diindolylmethane (DIM), have displayed biological activities such as antimicrobial, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer and are high up on the interest list of many researchers [43]. 

Glucosinolates Characteristic for vegetable and oil plants from the Brassicaceae family such as cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and oilseed rape these compounds have to be carefully monitored due to their different biological activities. 

Radish sprouts. Cauliflower, Broccoli, Cabbage 16 g/day 150 g/day 200 g/day 70 g/day 6 days 40 21 female, 19 male CYP1A2 activation Increased levels and activity of serum GST a (26%, GSTMl null) and peripheral-lymphocyte GSTg (18%, GSTMl+) Lampe et al., 2000 ... 

XII S-Methyl-L-cysteinesulfoxide radish, cabbage cauliflower, broccoli Brassica oleracea Biassicaceae... 

In the turnip, the concentration was 63 p.p.m. Toxic action against various insects was established. Two cabbage varieties, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, mustard, and kohlrabi also contain 2-phenylethyl isothiocyanate as evidenced by gas liquid chromatography and bioassay. Only root tissues had insecticidal activity. 

Xanthan gum is a slimy gel produced by the bacterium Xan-thomonas campestris, which causes black rot on cruciferous vegetables, such as cauliflower and broccoli. The slime protects the bacterium from viruses and prevents it from drying out. 

Brussels sprouts/broccoli/ cabbage/mustard/garden cress/ cauliflower... 

Brussels sprouts/broccoli Brussels sprouts/red cabbage Brussels sprouts/cabbage/ mustard/garden cress/cauliflower... 

The family Cruciferae contains several economically important vegetables, such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower. There has always been some ambivalence about the use of these vegetables. While some of them have desirable, pungent flavors, cooking odors tend to deter their consumption. It is stated that cauliflowers are rarely purchased in France and there is a relatively low consumption of sauerkraut in the USA.55... 

Buttery, R., Guadagni, D., Ling, L., Seifert, R. Lipton, W. (1976) Additional volatile components of cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. J. Agric. Food Chem. 24, 829-832. 

Carlson DG, Daxenbichler ME, Van Etten CH, et al. 1987. Glucosinolates in Cruciferous vegetables broccoli, sprouts, cauliflower, collards, kale, mustard greens, and kohlrabi. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 112(1) 173-178. 

Vegetables Including beans, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, maize, potatoes, peanut shells, peas (Including pods), rice (In husk), splnlch, sugar beets (roots), tomatoes Raw grain (except rice and maize) Coffee beans, pecans, peanuts (kernels), pineapple, soybeans... 

Radishes and radish pods Seedling lettuces Sprouting broccoli Winter cabbage Winter cauliflower Winter spinach... 

Indeed, some forms of brassica can be picked at almost any time of year. Leafy crops include kale and cabbages for winter, spring, and summer use. The immature flowerheads of broccoli, cauliflowers, and sprouting broccoli are eaten Brussels sprouts develop their small, cabbagelike edible heads along a tall stem. 

Susceptible plants Brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli, for example), as well as many other vegetable crops. 

Tian Q, Rosselot RA, Schwartz SJ (2005) Quantitative determination of intact glucosinolates in broccoli, broccoli sprouts, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower by high-performance hquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 343 93-99... 

Apart from activators and inhibitors which bind to the active site of HDACs, there are also compounds which modulate the HDAC expression level in human body. One notable example is 3,3 -diindollylmethane (DIM, Fig. 23). DIM is an anti-carcinogenic compound mainly available in cruciferous vegetables with genus Brassica, like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, collard green etc. 

Francois, L.E. 1986. Effect of excess boron on broccoli, cauliflower, and radish./oMKAmeK Hort. Soc. 111 494-498. 

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