Sulforaphane first rose to prominence when, in 1992, a team of scientists led by renowned pharmacologist Paul Talalay from the Johns Hopkins University isolated it as a potential cancer-fighting compound.

The discovery gained worldwide media attention, with stories such as that seen in the New York Times' "Potent Chemical To Fight Cancer Seen In Broccoli."

Since then, studies and trials have been conducted around the world on sulforaphane, broccoli sprouts + their incredible effects. Here are a couple of excellent videos highlighting these benefits.

List of Studies + Trials

Below is a collection of some of these studies and trials. (Click/Tap to open)

• Sulforaphane: Its “Coming of Age” as a Clinically Relevant Nutraceutical in the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease. 
  
  
• Broccoli sprout extract induces detoxification-related gene expression and attenuates acute liver injury.  
  
  
• Antioxidant functions of sulforaphane: a potent inducer of Phase II detoxication enzymes.
  
  
• Sulforaphane - role in aging and neurodegeneration
  
  
• Sulforaphane mobilizes cellular defenses that protect skin against damage by UV radiation
  
  
• Sulforaphane Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation, Cytotoxicity, Oxidative Stress, and miR-155 Expression and Switches to Mox Phenotype through Activating Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2–Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2/Antioxidant Response Element Pathway in Murine Microglial Cells
  
  
• Sulforaphane Protects against Cardiovascular Disease via Nrf2 Activation
  
  
• Epigenetic Regulation by Sulforaphane: Opportunities for Breast and Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention
  
  
• What do we know about sulforaphane protection against photoaging
  
  
• Sulforaphane Protects against High Cholesterol-Induced Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Impairments, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress and Preserves Pancreatic β-Cells Function
  
  
• Sulforaphane inhibits growth of human breast cancer cells and augments the therapeutic index of the chemotherapeutic drug, gemcitabine.
  
  
• Sulforaphane as a Potential Protective Phytochemical against Neurodegenerative Diseases
  
  
• Effect of Sulforaphane in Men with Biochemical Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy.
  
  
• Role of Sulforaphane in Protection of Gastrointestinal Tract Against H. pylori and NSAID-Induced Oxidative Stress
  
  
• Sulforaphane Inhibits HIV Infection of Macrophages through Nrf2
  
  
• Targeting cancer stem cells with sulforaphane, a dietary component from broccoli and broccoli sprouts.
  
  
• Temporal changes in gene expression induced by sulforaphane in human prostate cancer cells
  
  
• Sulforaphane (SFN): An Isothiocyanate in a Cancer Chemoprevention Paradigm
  
  
• Sulforaphane reverses glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis in osteoblastic cells through regulation of the Nrf2 pathway
  
  
• Sulforaphane Protects against Brain Diseases: Roles of Cytoprotective Enzymes
  
  
• Absorption and chemopreventive targets of sulforaphane in humans following consumption of broccoli sprouts or a myrosinase-treated broccoli sprout extract
  
  
• Sulforaphane and Other Nutrigenomic Nrf2 Activators: Can the Clinician's Expectation Be Matched by the Reality?
  
  
• Chemoprotection by sulforaphane: Keep one eye beyond Keap1