Research Article

Mechanical Stress Results in Immediate Accumulation of Glucosinolates in Fresh-Cut Cabbage

Table 3

Changes in the contents of the main GLS after 27 h storage, in comparison to unshredded cabbage.

GlucosinolatesChange (%)
Shredding/storage temperature
Thin/8°CThick/8°CThin/20°CThick/20°C

Glucobrassicin+23+55−24+38
Neoglucobrassicin−33−12−58−21
Sinigrin+36+70−40−2
Total +14+40−34+16

Levels of significance: statistically significant: 5 and ; highly statistically significant: .