Repeated intake of broccoli does not lead to higher plasma levels of sulforaphane in human volunteers

Cancer Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Hanlon, Natalya ^a   Coldham, Nick ^b   Gielbert, Adriana ^b   Sauer, Maurice J ^b   Ioannides, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Isothiocyanates; Pharmacokinetics; Sulforaphane

Indexed keywords

SULFORAPHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BROCCOLI; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BRASSICA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIOCYANATES; YOUNG ADULT;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 69049120201     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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