Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Broccoli May Have Benefits for Prostate Cancer

Title: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of broccoli sprouts on the suppression of prostate cancer in transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (tramp) mice: implication of induction of nrf2, ho-1 and apoptosis and the suppression of akt-dependent kinase pathway.

Summary: "broccoli sprouts can serve as a good dietary source of SFN in vivo and that they have significant inhibitory effects on prostate tumorigenesis."

Keum, Y.-S. S., Khor, T. O. O., Lin, W., Shen, G., Kwon, K. H. H., Barve, A., Li, W., and Kong, A.-N. N. (2009). Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of broccoli sprouts on the suppression of prostate cancer in transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (tramp) mice: implication of induction of nrf2, ho-1 and apoptosis and the suppression of akt-dependent kinase pathway. Pharmaceutical research, 26(10):2324-2331. http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/5518692

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