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Brassica oleraceaFinding

Brassica oleracea has no detected effect on natural killer cell activity

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The potential of peripheral NK cells to kill target cells was not different between the ASH and BSH groups (S2 Fig).”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of Broccoli Sprouts and Live Attenuated Influenza Virus on Peripheral Blood Natural Killer Cells: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study.
This finding among the 4 findings on its endpoint

Brassica oleracea

Natural killer cell activity

no difference found

Who
Healthy non-smoking young adults inoculated intranasally with live attenuated influenza vaccine on day 0; broccoli sprout homogenate versus alfalfa sprout homogenate placebo
Dose studied
one daily shake of about 200 g (about 111 g fresh broccoli sprouts, about 100 umol sulforaphane) for 4 consecutive days, days -1, 0, 1, 2

Moderate evidencePMID 26820305 · 2016

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
4 days

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M702JVNAYGX5RCYWA4AW7Q1G