Nutraceutical, Broccoli sprout, Buckwheat, Digitoxin, Chocolate bloom and Brewers spent grain

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Nutraceutical

• Glossary

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Broccoli sprout

• Four day old broccoli plants, taste like radishes
• Act as an antioxidant
• 20 to 50 times higher levels of sulforaphane
  glucosinolates than adult cooked broccoli
• Broccoli sprouts influenced the bodys abilities
  to detoxify carcinogens
• Inhibition of breast cancer tumors, scientists
  reported sulforaphane and phenethyl
  isothiocyanate (PEITC) could prevent initial
  benign tumors 

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Broccoli sprout

• Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture
  and Technology and the Japan Institute for the
  Control of Aging 
• Broccoli sprouts a day for just one week showed
  decreased overall levels of cholesterol, while
  increasing HDL or good cholesterol

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Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

• Original source of the heart medicine digoxin (als
  o called digitalis or digitalin)
• Improper dosge- Due to the presence of
  the cardiac glycoside digitoxin, the leaves,
  flowers and seeds of this plant are
  all poisonous to humans and some animals and can
  be fatal if eaten
• Recognized it "reduced dropsy",
  increased urine flow and had a powerful effect on
  the heart

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Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

• Toxins- Effects by inhibiting the ATPase activity
  of a complex of transmembrane proteins that form
  the sodium potassium ATPase pump, (Na/K-ATPase)
  Inhibition of the Na/K-ATPase in turn causes a
  rise not only in intracellular Na, but also in
  calcium, which in turn results in increased force
  of myocardial muscle contractions
• Right dosage,Digitalis toxin can cause the heart
  to beat more strongly
• Molecular probe for DNA and RNA detection

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Buckwheat

• Gluten-free and antioxidant rich
• High concentration of amino acids, it is an
  excellent source of plant protein
• Ability of buckwheat protein to suppress plasma
  cholesterol in rats
• Have hypoglycemic effects

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Chocolate bloom

• Whitish coating that can appear on the surface
  of chocolate
• Two types of bloom
• Fat bloom, arising from changes in the fat in the
  chocolate
• Separation of the triglycerides within the
  crystalline structure of cocoa butter
• Sugar bloom, formed by the action of moisture on
  the sugar ingredients
• Bloom limit the shelf life, main concerns in the
  production of chocolate

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Gingerol

• Active constituent of fresh ginger
• Cooking ginger transforms gingerol
  into zingerone, which is less pungent and has a
  spicy-sweet aroma
• Effective in an animal model of rheumatoid
  arthritis
• Anti-inflammatory compounds 
• Osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis patients
  experience reductions in their pain levels and
  improvements in their mobility when they consume
  ginger regularly

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Brewers spent grain

• Major(85) by product of the brewing industry
• Lignocellulosic material
• Application has been limited to animal feeding
• High content of protein and fibre (around 20 and
  70 dry basis, respectively), it can also serve
  as an attractive adjunct in human nutrition
• Cultivation of mushrooms and actinobacteria, as a
  source of value-added products, such as, ferulic
  and p-coumaric acids, xylose, arabinose, or as
  raw material for xylitol and arabitol production

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Brewers spent grain

• Agricultural uses-Compost or feed

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Brewers spent grain