Capacity of broccoli to induce a mammalian chemoprotective enzyme varies among inbred lines

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 482-488

  Farnham, Mark W ^a   Stephenson, Katherine K ^b   Fahey, Jed W ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Doubled haploids; Glucoraphanin; Glucosinolates; Isothiocyanates; Italica Group; Nutrition; Sulforaphane

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLSULFINYL)BUTYLISOTHIOCYANATE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GERMPLASM; GLUCORAPHANIN; HYBRID; INBRED LINE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034082188     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.125.4.482     Document Type: Article

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