Journal: Organic Letters Published: 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02387 Affiliations: 1 Authors: 3 ...

"Breast cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, can be protected against by eating cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and near relatives of cabbage such as broccoli and ...

Mei-Sie Lee, Oxidative Conversion of Isothiocyanates to Isocyanates by Rat Liver, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 102, Supplement 6: Carcinogenic and Mutagenic N-Substituted Aryl Compounds ...

High-Pressure Processing of Broccoli Sprouts: Influence on Bioactivation of Glucosinolates to Isothiocyanates. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2017; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01380 ...

Cabbage plants defend themselves against herbivores and pathogens by deploying a defensive mechanism called the mustard oil bomb: when the plant tissue is damaged, toxic isothiocyanates are formed and ...

Denver, Colo. – Researchers at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center have demonstrated that naturally-occurring compounds can selectively deplete mutant ...

This study demonstrates for the first time that phenethyl isothiocyante (PEITC), a naturally-occurring compound, can selectively deplete mutant p53. The authors also made an intriguing observation ...

On the other hand, sulfur-containing compounds, such as isothiocyanates and polysulfides, which are found in many vegetables, are known to promote geometrical isomerization of carotenoids (e.g ...

Isothiocyanates react readily with the amino-groups of proteins on human skin and mucosal surfaces. Interestingly, the spicy taste of plants in the Brassicaceae family is due to the irritant ...