Sprouts and Lung Cancer

We’re learning more about the interplay between sprouts and lung cancer each day. To assist your information search, our research catalog contains the latest studies in a single convenient location.

“Broccoli” The World’s Healthiest Foods, The George Mateljan Foundation, August 21, 2010.

“Effect of cruciferous vegetables on lung cancer in patients stratified by genetic status: a mendelian randomisation approach.”Lancet. 2005 Oct 29-Nov 4;366(9496):1558-60.  Brennan P, Hsu CC, Moullan N, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Zaridze D, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Mates D, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Gemignani F, Chabrier A, Hall J, Hung RJ, Boffetta P, Canzian F.

“Epidemiological studies on brassica vegetables and cancer risk.” Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1996 Sep;5(9):733-48. Verhoeven DT, Goldbohm RA, van Poppel G, Verhagen H, van den Brandt PA. Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Nutrition and Food Research Institute, Zeist, The Netherlands.

“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.

“Protective role of sulforaphane against oxidative stress mediated mitochondrial dysfunction induced by benzo(a)pyrene in female Swiss albino mice.”  Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Sep 15. Kalpana Deepa Priya D, Gayathri R, Gunassekaran GR, Sakthisekaran D., Department of Medical Biochemistry, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai 600 113, Tamil Nadu, India.

“Sulforaphane Induces Cell-Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Cultured Human Lung Adenocarcinoma LTEP-A2 Cells and Retards Growth of LTEP-A2 Xenografts in Vivo.”J Nat Prod. 2008 Oct 15. Liang H, Lai B, Yuan Q.

“Sulforaphane inhibits prostate carcinogenesis and pulmonary metastasis in TRAMP mice in association with increased cytotoxicity of natural killer cells.”Cancer Res. 2009 Mar 1;69(5):2117-25. Epub 2009 Feb 17. Singh SV, Warin R, Xiao D, Powolny AA, Stan SD, Arlotti JA, Zeng Y, Hahm ER, Marynowski SW, Bommareddy A, Desai D, Amin S, Parise RA, Beumer JH, Chambers WH. Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA.

“Total polyphenols, antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of different extracts in mungbean seeds and sprouts.” Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2012 Mar;67(1):71-5. Kim DK, Jeong SC, Gorinstein S, Chon SU. Jeonnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Naju, 520-715, South Korea.