Sprout Nutrition Research Regarding Sprouts and Flavonoids

If you’re interested in hearing more about the flavonoid content of sprouts, please take a minute to browse our collection of additional research.

“An anthocyanin compound in buckwheat sprouts and its contribution to antioxidant capacity” Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2007 Feb;71(2):579-82. Epub 2007 Feb 7. Watanabe M. National Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region, Morioka, Irwate, Japan.

“Chemical components with health implications in wild and cultivated Mexican common bean seeds (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
J Agric Food Chem. 2006 Mar 22;54(6):2045-52. Diaz-Batalla L, Widholm JM, Fahey GC Jr, Castano-Tostado E, Paredes-Lopez O. Programa de Posgrado en Alimentos del Centro de la Republica, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Queretaro, Qro. 76010, Mexico.

“Direct Antioxidant Activity of Purified Glucoerucin, the Dietary Secondary Metabolite Contained in Rocket (Eruca sativa Mill.) Seeds and Sprouts” J Agric Food Chem. 2005 Apr 6;53(7):2475-2482. Barillari J, Canistro D, Paolini M, Ferroni F, Pedulli GF, Iori R, Valgimigli L.

“Identification of anthocyanins in the sprouts of buckwheat.”  J Agric Food Chem. 2007 Jul 25;55(15):6314-8. Epub 2007 Jun 20. Kim SJ, Maeda T, Sarker MZ, Takigawa S, Matsuura-Endo C, Yamauchi H, Mukasa Y, Saito K, Hashimoto N, Noda T, Saito T, Suzuki T.  National Agricultural and Food Research Organization for Hokkaido Region, Memuro, Hokkaido 082-0071, Japan.

“Induction of Cell Cycle Arrest and p21CIP1/WAF1 Expression in Human Lung Cancer Cells by Isoliquiritigenin”, Cancer Letters, Volume 207, Issue 1 , 15 April 2004, Pages 27-35, Tsunehiro Ii, Yoshiko Satomi, Daishiro Katoh, Junichi Shimada, Masaki Baba, Toru Okuyama, Hoyoku Nishino and Nobuo Kitamura.

“Isoliquiritigenin induces G2 and M phase arrest by inducing DNA damage and by inhibiting the metaphase/anaphase transition” Cancer Lett. 2009 Jan 22. Park I, Park KK, Park JH, Chung WY. Oral Cancer Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea.