Year 2014

• The influence of pre- and postharvest treatments on selected biological and epigenetic activities of Brassica sprouts

  Publication

  • D. Kołodziejski
  • J. Cyprys
  • M. Groszewska
  • A. Piekarska
  • A. Bartoszek-Pączkowska

  - EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER - Year 2014

  Introduction The Brassica vegetables are rich in glucosinolates (GLs), which are enzymatically hydrolysed to bioactive isothiocynates (ITC) and indoles, regarded as the most promising chemopreventing agents. However, in the majority of brassica sprouts the GL conversion into these beneficial derivatives occurs at the level of about 1 %, while in cabbage leaves exceeds 70%. Since sprouts represent plant material, which is frequently...

• The influence of selenium addition during germination of Brassica seeds on health-promoting potential of sprouts

  Publication

  • A. Piekarska
  • D. Kołodziejski
  • T. Pilipczuk
  • M. Bodnar
  • P. Konieczka
  • B. Kusznierewicz
  • F. Hanschen
  • M. Schreiner
  • J. Cyprys
  • M. Groszewska... and 2 others

  - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCES AND NUTRITION - Year 2014

  The correlation among selenium uptake, the content of bioactive compounds in sprouts, and biological activities triggered in cultured human cells by sprout extracts was investigated. Seeds of Brassica crops and rye were treated with SeO2 water solution. The selenium levels in sprouts increased from 1.0-4.1 to 53.3-382 μg/g dw with no influence on plant physiology according to the indices used. Neither the composition of glucosinolates...

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Year 2012

• The influence of selenium addition during seeds' germination on the biological properties of obtained sprouts

  Publication

  • J. Cyprys
  • M. Groszewska
  • J. Wittbrodt
  • D. Kołodziejski
  • A. Piekarska

  - Year 2012

  Selenium plays a vital role in human body, because in the form of aminoacids (Se-methionine, Se-cysteine) it is found in the active centres of over 25 enzymes, including those regarded as 'cytoprotective'. Unfortunatelly, its daily intake in Poland and other European countries is lower than predicted by dietary recommendations. The consequences of selenium deficiency in diet might be severe, including higher susceptibility to cardio-vascular...