Foods and Derived Products Enriched in Bioactive Compounds

DEVELOPMENT OF FOODS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS ENRICHED IN BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS 

The use of GSLs and their derivatives in functional food products and pharmaceuticals may provide additional routes for the exploitation of these attractive natural plant products. In the last few years, pharmaceutical forms (pills, powders, capsules, vials, etc.) containing GSLs as food bioactive compounds (especially broccoli extracts that provide sulforaphane and other phytochemicals) have appeared in the market. Among them it is possible to find capsules with sulforaphane, with indole-3-carbinol and capsules made from a cruciferous mix. 

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