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Better broccoli: Researchers identify method to increase shelf life and beneficial compounds

Findings figured out ways to increase the anti-cancer activity in broccoli. This method that uses natural and inexpensive way to produce better broccoli could make a great impact on important global dilemmas such as food security issues and health-care costs. Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable known to possess anti-cancer properties through scientific studies. The US-based research team also found a way to prolong the vegetable’s post-harvest storage period, and explained how natural products extracted from plants can increase the presence of cancer-fighting agents in broccoli while prolonging the vegetable’s shelf life. Proven an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and carrier of detoxifying micronutrients, broccoli deserves its status as superfood.

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