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. 2019 Jul 12;8(7):257. doi: 10.3390/foods8070257

Table 2.

Individual aliphatic, indole and total glucosinolates (mg 100 g−1 F.W.) present in broccolini and kale in fresh and cooked samples.

Glucosinolates Broccolini
Fresh Steaming Stir-frying Boiling
Progoitrin 31.76 ±6.6 1
Glucoraphanin 78.74 ±11.6 a 58.37 ±4.3 b 56.27 ±3.5 b 16.86 ±6.3 c
4-Hydroxiglucobrassicin 9.61 ±1.1 a 4.68 ±2.4 b 3.33 ±1.2 b 1.30 ±1.5 b
Glucobrassicin 72.11 ±4.5 a 27.07 ±6.4 b 10.08 ±1.5 c 7.16 ±1.9 c
4-Methoxyglucobrassicin 15.10 ±0.7 a 5.69 ±2.1 b 4.17 ±0.3 b 1.68 ±0.5 c
Neoglucobrassicin 43.55 ±3.3 a 21.51 ±4.5 b 8.84 ±0.7 c 5.93 ±1.3 c
Aliphatic 110.49 ±7.8 a 58.37 ±4.3 b 56.27 ±3.5 b 16.86 ±6.3 c
Indolic 68.26 ±5.1 a 31.88 ±9.0 b 16.34 ±1.8 c 8.91 ±3.3 c
Total 178.76 ±3.4 a 90.24 ±13.1 b 72.60 ±4.7 b 25.77 ±8.9 c
Glucosinolates Kale
Fresh Steaming Stir-frying Boiling
Glucoiberin 11.58 ±1.3 a 8.05 ±0.1 b 9.32 ±0.6 a 3.45 ±0.1 b
Sinigrin 37.27 ±6.6 a 4.09 ±0.5 c 6.60 ±0.2 b 2.09 ±0.5 c
4-Hydroxiglucobrassicin 1.34 ±0.2 b 1.51 ±0.2 b 2.81 ±0.4 a 0.46 ±0.2 c
Glucobrassicin 2.44 ±0.3 b 3.32 ±0.2 b 6.13 ±0.9 a 0.55 ±0.1 c
4-Methoxyglucobrassicin 1.90 ±0.1 a 2.14 ±0.5 a 2.85 ±0.8 a 0.57 ±0.1 b
Aliphatic 48.85 ±7.8 a 12.14 ±0.6 c 15.92 ±0.8 b 5.54 ±0.6 d
Indolic 5.68 ±0.6 b 6.96 ±0.2 b 11.79 ±1.6 a 1.58 ±0.2 c
Total 54.54 ±7.3 a 19.11 ±0.3 c 27.71 ±0.9 b 7.12 ±0.7 d

1 Mean values (n = 3) ± standard deviation (SD). Different lower-case letters indicate statistically significant differences among cooking treatments. Statistically significant at p < 0.05. F.W.: fresh weight.