Almuhayawi, M.S.,
AbdElgawad, H.,
Al Jaouni, S.K.,
Selim, S.,
Hassan, A.H.A.
and Khamis, G.
2020.
Elevated CO2 improves
glucosinolate metabolism
and stimulates anticancer
and anti-inflammatory
properties of broccoli sprouts.
Food Chemistry 328: 127102.
FULL SUMMARY HERE:
http://www.co2science.org/articles/V23/sep/a9.php
MY SHORT SUMMARY FOLLOWS:
Climate alarmists may admit elevated CO2 makes plants grow larger, after thousands of experiments proved that fact, but claim their nutrition value suffers. Wrong again broccoli breath! Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) sprouts are of great interest "due to their antioxidant, anticancer and anti-inflammatory activities, given their high content of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and glucosinolates and their hydroxylated derivatives."
Three cultivars (Southern Star, Prominence and Monotop) of broccoli were exposed to 400 ppm CO2 (ambient) ,and 620 ppm in a controlled-environment. Sprouts got a biochemical analyses after nine days. Biomass (growth) increases were from +27% and +78% in the elevated CO2 treatments with "increased quinone reductase and glutathione-S-transferase enzyme activities and glucosinolates and sulforaphane levels, but reduced cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase enzymes activity, [which] changes increased the anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties of [the] broccoli sprouts."