date:Feb 14, 2014
Vegetables are getting healthier. Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified two natural compounds that when sprayed onto broccoli increase the vegetable's cancer-fighting properties and prolong its shelf-life.
Scientists first discovered that when methyl jasmonate (MeJA), a compound found naturally in plants, is sprayed on plants a few days prior to harvest, it encourages broccoli's production of glucosinolates, complex compounds found in the tissue of broccoli, cauliflower, cab