Brassica oleracea
brassica oleracea var botrytis linnaeus
Glucoraphanin from these vegetables converts to sulforaphane, the prototypical NRF2 hormetin, whose dose-response is a clear inverted-U.
krambeκράμβηGreco-Roman medicine / European herbal
Cabbage was eaten as a laxative and digestive aid and crushed into a poultice laid on sores and wounds.
Source: Theophrastus, Historia Plantarum VII.4.4; Cato, De agricultura 156-157; Glossarium Graeco-Arabicum (BBAW)
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Kale and cabbage belong here: their glucosinolates and fiber slow sugar's arrival in the blood, sparing the afternoon crash that follows a meal.
Sulforaphane switches on the enzyme that clears alcohol's toxic intermediate.
Wild cabbage, ancestor of broccoli and kale: its glucosinolates rouse the liver's detoxifying enzymes and steady the body's handling of sugar.
Cabbage, broccoli and kale carry glucoraphanin, which turns into sulforaphane when the leaf is chopped or chewed - and sulforaphane grips the antioxidant sensor protein directly.
In a trial of nearly 300 people, broccoli-sprout sulforaphane raised excretion of benzene 61% and acrolein 23%.
Cabbage and its kin hold glucoraphanin, which the cell turns into sulforaphane — the strongest dietary trigger for its own antioxidant armory.
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- Anti-Fatigue (Cellular Energy Endurance)
- Fatty Liver Antidote (Hepatic Steatosis Reversal)
- Holy Grail (Fat Leaves As Breath)
- Hormesis (Adaptive Stress Conditioning)
- NRF2 Activator (Endogenous Antioxidant Induction)
- Obesogen Blocker (Endocrine Disruptor Defense)
- Victorious (Antiviral Immunity)