benefits of drinking broccoli juice Not only could selenium in broccoli deliver this necessary mineral, it also appears to power round vegetables against cancer," he added.
Jeffery is now working to determine whether selenium compounds are directly responsible for the increase in bioactivity or if selenium acts indirectly by directing new synthesis of bioactive broccoli called glucosinolates.
In a previous study, Jeffery and UI colleague John W. Erdman Jr. showed that tomato and broccoli powders eaten together more effective in slowing prostate cancer in laboratory rats than either tomato or broccoli alone.
