Method of preparing a food product from cruciferous sprouts
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1. A method of preparing a human food product comprising cruciferous sprouts containing high Phase 2 enzyme-inducing potential and non-toxic levels of indole glucosinolates and their breakdown products and goitrogenic hydroxybutenyl glucosinolates, comprising the steps of:
- (a) identifying seeds which produce said sprouts, with the exception of Brassica oleracea capitata, Lepidium sativum, Sinapis alba, Sinapis nigra, and Raphanus sativus sprouts;
(b) germinating said seeds; and
(c) harvesting said sprouts between the onset of germination up to and including the 2-leaf stage, to form a human food product comprising a plurality of said sprouts.
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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 source for reducing the level of carcinogens in mammals.
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1. A method of preparing a human food product comprising cruciferous sprouts containing high Phase 2 enzyme-inducing potential and non-toxic levels of indole glucosinolates and their breakdown products and goitrogenic hydroxybutenyl glucosinolates, comprising the steps of:
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(a) identifying seeds which produce said sprouts, with the exception of Brassica oleracea capitata, Lepidium sativum, Sinapis alba, Sinapis nigra, and Raphanus sativus sprouts; (b) germinating said seeds; and (c) harvesting said sprouts between the onset of germination up to and including the 2-leaf stage, to form a human food product comprising a plurality of said sprouts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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- 9. A method of preparing a human food product, comprising extracting glucosinolates and isothiocyanates from cruciferous sprouts rich in glucosinolates, with the exception of Brassica oleracea capitata, Lepidium sativum, Sinapis alba, Sinapis nigra, and Raphanus sativus sprouts, harvested between the onset of germination up to and including the 2-leaf stage, or from cruciferous seeds, or a combination thereof, with a non-toxic solvent, removing the extracted sprouts, seeds, or a combination thereof from said solvent and, and recovering the extracted glucosinolates and isothiocyanates.
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