2.3.2.3.4 Glucosinolates content of mature head versus sprout broccoli

In sprout, the total glucosinolates level (27.02 μg/g F.W.) is higher than in florets or heads (7.37) (Figure 6). Glucoraphanin is the powerful of antioxidant and the most abundant aliphatic glucosinolates present in sprout. The glucoraphanin reached the highest 16.24 followed by glucoerucin 5.9 and glucoiberm 1.2 μg/g F.W. On the other hand, the florets/heads contain the highest level of aromatic/ indolylglucosinolates, neoglucobrassicin (2.11) followed by glucobrassicin (1.67). Our results are in agreement with those obtained by [32].
