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  The World's Healthiest Foods: Mustard seeds
The unique healing properties of mustard seeds can partly be attributed to their home among the Brassica foods found in the cruciferous plant family.
In animal studies - and particularly in studies involving the gastrointestinal tract and colorectal cancer - intake of isothiocyanates has been shown to inhibit growth of existing cancer cells and to be protective against the formation of such cells.
Mustard seeds are from the mustard plant, which is a cruciferous vegetable related to broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.
www.whfoods.com /genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=106   (1154 words)

  
 About Mustard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Nurseries and seed companies carry fl mustard (Brassica nigra), white or yellow mustard (B. birta), and brown mustard (B. juncea), the common commercial variety.
In addition mustards release a chemical into the soil that inhibits the emergence of cyst nematodes and prevents root rot.
It was purportedly Julius Caesar's troops who brought the first mustard seeds to the city of Dijon and its surrounding fields.
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 definition of sinigrin
A glucoside found in the seeds of fl mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.
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 GardenQuestions
This has been puzzling me for a long time, because the mustard seeds we know are definitely NOT the tiniest seeds you can find, and Brassica nigra is an annual, not a tree.
Zohary is fairly confident that Brassica nigra (fl mustard) is the best candidate for the plant to which Jesus referred.
In spite of Jesus' suggestion that mustard grows to be a tree Brassica nigra is a small, leafy plant.
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 Mustard, frenches mustard, dill mustard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Mustard refers to several Brassica species that are valued for their spicy mustard.
White mustard, Brassica hirta Moench., is an annual with yellow flowers and.
Made with potatoes, mustard, oil, garlic, Italian seasoning and basil.
www.ownchat.com /mustard.html   (218 words)

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