date:Feb 14, 2020
osinolates to simpler compounds and further slowed growth when the plants did not receive sufficient amounts of sulphur from their environment.
Produced by plants in the Brassicaceae family, glucosinolates are sulphur-containing compounds that some studies indicate may also be beneficial for preventing cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
However, the plants are known to breakdown glucosinolates in environments deficient of sulphur. While this mechanism appears to act as a strategy to sustain g