Sulforaphane & Microgreens

health benefits of phytonutrients such as Sulforaphane in cruciferous microgreens

Sulforaphane is a substance produced by the action of an enzyme, Myrosinase on Glucoraphanin. The chemistry is complicated so I won’t get into those details here. The bottom line is that Cruciferous vegetables contain significant amounts with the microgreen stage of growth containing the most useable form of Sulforaphane. Cruciferous vegetables include:

Arugula, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kale, Mustard, Radish, and Turnips. I will post guides to growing some of these as microgreens, in the future so please stay tuned.

Here is Dr. Berg breaking this down in a youtube video:

Walter Chestnut just posted an excellent article on sulforaphane which can be found here:

Friday Hope: Sulforaphane: Remarkable Radical Scavenging Ability and SARS-CoV-2 Inhibition