Broccoli Sprout Extract Against Skin Cancer
A new report indicates that broccoli sprout extract can prevent the damage from ultraviolet light that often leads to skin cancer.
“Ultraviolet radiation is probably the most universal and abundant carcinogen in the world,” said Paul Talalay of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, who led the research, published yesterday in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. And although the new study stops short of proving that broccoli extracts can prevent human skin cancer, he said, it demonstrates “direct protection” against that carcinogen, which contributes to the 1 million U.S. skin cancer cases seen annually.
Talalay is focusing on the potential use of sulforaphane, a compound found in high amounts in broccoli sporuts, as a topical protective against skin cancer. Read the full article from the Washington Post.
Applause for my father-in-law, Paul Talalay!