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SUFFICIENCY RANGES FOR PLANT ANALYSIS (SCSB #394): Broccoli.
Broccoli is best grown from transplants that can be purchased locally or grown at home. Broccoli does best in a moderate to highly fertile, well-drained soil. Space plants about 18 inches apart in rows 36 inches apart.
And it appears, so far, to be equally effective in building the body's defenses against cancer. Dr. Jerry Kosmeder of the University of Illinois reported on an animal study of the new chemical, oxomate, at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting.
Broccoli is native to the Mediterranean and East Asia. The edible portion of the plant is the flowering head, which must be harvested by hand, even in commercial fields, before the flowers open. Broccoli is highly nutritious.
Broccoli-raab (also known as rapa, rapine, rappone, fall and spring raab or turnip broccoli) is a rapidly growing annual when grown in spring, but a biennial in fall plantings. The leaves with the seedstalks, before blooming, are cut for greens and are sold to ethnic markets (primarily Italian).
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Cruciferous vegetables, especially broccoli, may prevent cancer through anticarcinogenic compounds. For example, broccoli contains isothiocyanates that induce carcinogen-detoxifying enzymes. Glutathione transferase enzymes conjugate isothiocyanates, leading to excretion.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior April L. Vigardt, who grew up in Chicago, designed and conducted a 12-week experiment to find out if compost made by worms could replace peat moss in growing broccoli starts in the greenhouse and transplants out in the field.
"Everyone knows broccoli is good for you and that it contains compounds known to lessen the occurrence of some types of cancer. We want to know how these compounds work and what their specific targets may be," says Janet V. Cross, Ph.D.