Treatment of Fibrocystic Breast Disease with Broccoli

İbrahim Adnan SARAÇOĞLU¹, Kübra ÇAKIR¹, Aycan DEMİR², Ceren  ÇAKIRMANOĞLU²

1. Prof Saracaoglu Co R&D Labs. ITOB OSB 10020 Street.No:18, Izmir, Turkey.
2. Department of Chemistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract: Broccoli is an edible green plant of the Brassica oleracea species. It contains vitamin C, glucoraphin, sulforaphane, selenium and isothiocyanates, rich in dietary fiber. It is also an excellent source of indole-3-carbinol. Broccoli is widely used in the treatment of various diseases, especially in the treatment of cancer types. One of these is fibrocystic breast disease. The risk of breast cancer in women with fibrocystic breast disease has increased between 2 and 4 times. Thanks to its active ingredients in broccoli, it shows healing effects against fibrocystic breast disease.
Key Words: broccoli, fibrocystic, fibrocystic breast disease, indole-3-carbinol, sulforaphane

Pages: 9 – 15 | Full PDF Paper