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Cancer chemoprotective food products

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  • US 5,968,505 A
  • Filed: 12/24/1997
  • Issued: 10/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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