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Rashada Norman '03 helped computerize the holdings of Lafayette's music library in an EXCEL Scholars project with Larry Stockton, professor and head of music.
3 Categories of Food Fads: 1. One virtue of a particular food or food group is claimed to cure specific diseases, therefore incorporated as the main constituent of diet 2. Foods are eliminated because viewed as harmful 3. Emphasis on eating certain foods to express a particular lifestyle.
Diets rich in Brassica vegetables are associated with reductions in relative risks of colorectal carcinoma, lung cancer and possibly prostate cancer. Effects of raw juice from Brussels sprouts were investigated on cell cycle progression and apoptosis in HT29 cells.
A water-soluble Chl a/b-protein (CP673) was isolated and purified from Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera DC). The protein had a molecular mass of 78 kDa and an isoelectric point of 4.7, consisted of three or four subunits of 22 kDa and was extremely heat-stable.
Scientific Abstract: Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) has been shown to be a powerful anti-cancer agent in animal models of cancer and studies are ongoing at the National Cancer Institute to test its activity as a breast cancer preventative in humans.