Sentences with phrase «myrosinase activity»

For instance, studies reveal that isothiocyanate metabolites can be detected in the blood and urine after cooked glucosinolate - containing foods are eaten, although to a lesser extent than their raw glucosinolate - containing counterparts.69 In far messier studies, scientists have taken cooked watercress and simply mixed it with human feces, which converted the glucosinolates to isothiocyanates through their intrinsic myrosinase activity.

In other words, short steaming was much better than microwaving for preserving some myrosinase activity in the cabbage.

When cruciferous vegetables are consumed in cooked form, and especially if they have not been allowed to sit chopped for several minutes prior to cooking, there is unlikely to be much enzyme activity (including myrosinase activity), and the digestive products of the cruciferous vegetables are more likely to pass through the upper digestive tract unabsorbed and continue down into the lower digestive tract (colon).

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By contrast, boiled radish sprout extracts (deactivating ESP) to which myrosinase was subsequently added, induced similar QR activity to broccoli sprouts.