date:Oct 19, 2017
function against host organisms, according to the researchers.
And this can help prevent certain pathologies, like some tumours or Crohn's disease, caused by inflammation in the walls of the intestine.
According to Perdew, hyperactivation of AHR may cause toxicity, but the use of broccoli to activate the receptor locally, in the intestine, instead of systematically might help in preventing some of these problems.
Dioxin, for example, activates this receptor, and if the dioxin hyperactives it