Broccoli Compound May Prevent Bladder Cancer

Aside from its benefits against skin disorders, broccoli sprouts apparently also contain other compounds that play a direct role in preventing bladder cancer.

Using a rat model of bladder cancer, Zhang and his colleagues found that freeze-dried aqueous extract of broccoli sprouts significantly, and dose-dependently, inhibited bladder cancer development. The incidence, multiplicity, size and progression of bladder cancer were all inhibited by the extract, while the extract itself caused no observable changes in the bladder. This protective effect of the extracts was associated with a significant increase in the bladder of several enzymes that are known to protect against oxidants and carcinogens, Zhang says.

Just one more reason to incorporate more broccoli sprouts in your diet. For more on nutritional benefits, and where you can get them or how you can grow them yourself, check out the reading materials at Broccosprouts.

This study has been presented during the American Association for Cancer Research’s Sixth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention.