Showing posts with label Brassica vegetables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brassica vegetables. Show all posts

Friday, December 13, 2013

Broccoli compound protects rats from lethal radiation....

In continuation of my update on 3,3′-Diindolylmethane...

We know that, 3,3′-Diindolylmethane or DIM is a compound derived from the digestion of indole-3-carbinol, found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and kale. The reputation of Brassica vegetables as healthy foods rests in part on the activities of diindolylmethane. Also DIM has the biological properties listed in the chart below....

Now researchers, have found that, DIM compound protected rodents from lethal doses of radiation in recent experiments....