Sulforaphane: Its “Coming of Age” as a Clinically Relevant Nutraceutical in the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease

Figure 3

The synthesis of isothiocyanates via a hydrolysis reaction of the glucosinolate by the myrosinase enzyme. Sulforaphane is the isothiocyanate synthesised from the glucosinolate, glucoraphanin (an image adapted from Dinkova-Kostova et al. [86]).