When insect herbivory or tissue damage brings glucosinolates and
myrosinase together hydrolysis of glucosinolates into thiocyanates, isothiocyanates, nitriles, oxazolidine-2-thiones and epithionitriles is facilitated [8].
Scientists at the University of Illinois showed that pairing broccoli with a spicy food that contains the enzyme
myrosinase (found in radishes, mustard greens, horse-radish, wasabi, cabbage and broccoli sprouts) improves the absorption of sulforaphane, the anti-cancer compound present in broccoli.
Feeding and growth of Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera eridania on Brassica juncea with varying glucosinolate concentrations and
myrosinase activities.
71) was either directly incubated at 37[degrees]C for 30 min at 100 rpm or after
myrosinase inactivation by treatment at 100[degrees]C/10min and subsequent incubation at 37[degrees]C for 30 min.
Characterization and evolution of a
myrosinase from the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae.
Instead, plants of Brassica genus contain a biologically inactive precursor compound, glucoraphanin (GRN), which is contained within a plant cell vacuole together with an enzyme,
myrosinase (MYR), which is separately compartmentalized [39].
Canola have some anti nutrients factors, mainly glucosinolates that hydrolyzed by
myrosinase iso- enzymes (Shahidi 1990).
Pond,"we developed an all-broccoli product that is low in micros, yet with significant amounts of the
myrosinase enzyme activity essential to obtain the greatest benefit from broccoli/'Innovation is the key to future growth and sustainability in the market, according to Sabinsa's Mr.
High Pressure (HP) has the potential to retain the intact glucosinolates in CV by providing a mild processing method for a controlled
myrosinase inactivation (enzyme that degrades glucosinolates) not previously used in industry for CV.
Chopping or chewing cruciferous vegetables releases
myrosinase, an enzyme that breaks down glucosinolates into biologically active compounds that inhibit the development of cancers of the bladder, breast, colon, liver, lung, and stomach," according to Jackie Topol, RD, a dietitian at Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Upon tissue disruption, the
myrosinase hydrolyzes the GSLs to form a number of hydrolysis products, a dynamic evolutionary link that has led to the term 'glucosinolate-
myrosinase system' [8].
Instead sulforaphane's precursor, glucoraphanin, is present along with an enzyme called
myrosinase.
