Claim · model-written summary
Cotyledons had the highest and roots the lowest levels of bioactive compounds.
- Taxon
- Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicae1 - Organ / stage
- cotyledonse0
- Outcome
- levels of bioactive compoundse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the cotyledons contained the highest levels of bioactive compounds, while the roots contained the lowest”
e1“Broccoli sprouts grown in the light”
Title
Influence of light on health‐promoting phytochemicals of broccoli sprouts
Santiago Pérez‐Balibrea; Diego A Moreno; Cristina García‐Viguera Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 2008. doi:10.1002/jsfa.3169
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Light-grown broccoli sprouts had 83% more vitamin C than dark-grown sprouts.
- Intervention effect Light-grown broccoli sprouts had 33% more glucosinolates than dark-grown sprouts.
- Intervention effect Light-grown broccoli sprouts had 61% more phenolic compounds than dark-grown sprouts.
- Observation Phytochemical concentrations generally declined over seven days in both conditions.
- Observation Roots had the lowest levels of bioactive compounds.
- Intervention effect Light increased phytochemical concentrations mainly in the first three to five days.
- Recommendation The authors judge younger sprouts a better bioactive-compound source than inflorescences.