Daikon a promising anti-cancer vegetable

OLD ABN-The State Of Queensland Acting Through The Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation

  • Project code: PRJ-000589

  • Project stage: Closed

  • Project start date: Saturday, July 1, 2006

  • Project completion date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010

  • National Priority: NEPI-Feasibility studies and industry literature reviews

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Summary

The project will utilise an HPLC technique to quantify glucosinolates, and a GC-FID technique to identify and quantify hydrolysis products (isothiocyanates, nitriles etc) formed from these glucosinolates. An in vitro cell assay using mouse hepatoma cells will be used to quantify the ability of plant extracts to induce detoxification enzymes, using quinone reductase as an indicator enzyme. Anti-proliferation activity of plant extracts will be tested using human K562 leukaemia cells.

Program

New and Emerging Plant Industries

Research Organisation

OLD ABN-The State Of Queensland Acting Through The Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation

Objective Summary

Identify daikon and radish varieties with highest anti-cancer activity following on from DAQ-307A which identified daikon and radish sprouts as having extremely high anti-cancer potential. Provide labelling advice in relation to the strongest possible claims that can be made.