Cancer chemoprotective food products
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1. A method of increasing the chemoprotective amount of Phase 2 enzymes in a mammal, comprising the steps of:
- (a) identifying seeds which produce cruciferous sprouts, with the exception of Brassica oleracea capitata, Lepidium sativum, Sinapis alba, Sinapis nigra, and Raphanus sativus sprouts, containing high Phase 2 enzyme-inducing potential and non-toxic levels of indole glucosinolates and their breakdown products and goitrogenic hydroxybutenyl glucosinolates;
(b) germinating said seeds;
(c) harvesting said sprouts between the onset of germination up to and including the 2-leaf stage to form a food product comprising a plurality of sprouts; and
(d) administering said food product, or a non-toxic extract of said food product, to said mammal.
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Abstract
Vegetable sources of cancer chemoprotective agents have been identified which are extraordinarily rich in glucosinolates, metabolic precursors of isothiocyanates. The vegetable sources are used to provide a dietary means of reducing the level of carcinogens in mammals.
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1. A method of increasing the chemoprotective amount of Phase 2 enzymes in a mammal, comprising the steps of:
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(a) identifying seeds which produce cruciferous sprouts, with the exception of Brassica oleracea capitata, Lepidium sativum, Sinapis alba, Sinapis nigra, and Raphanus sativus sprouts, containing high Phase 2 enzyme-inducing potential and non-toxic levels of indole glucosinolates and their breakdown products and goitrogenic hydroxybutenyl glucosinolates; (b) germinating said seeds; (c) harvesting said sprouts between the onset of germination up to and including the 2-leaf stage to form a food product comprising a plurality of sprouts; and (d) administering said food product, or a non-toxic extract of said food product, to said mammal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of reducing the level of carcinogens in a mammal, comprising the steps of:
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(a) identifying seeds which produce cruciferous sprouts, with the exception of Brassica oleracea capitata, Lepidium sativum, Sinapis alba, Sinapis nigra, and Raphanus sativus sprouts, containing high Phase 2 enzyme-inducing potential and non-toxic levels of indole glucosinolates and their breakdown products and goitrogenic hydroxybutenyl glucosinolates; (b) germinating said seeds; (c) harvesting said sprouts between the onset of germination up to and including the 2-leaf stage to form a food product comprising a plurality of sprouts; and (d) administering said food product, or a non-toxic extract of said food product, to said mammal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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