WU Qi, YIN Huilan, ZHAO Tao, SUN Bo, YANG Lianhua, MIN Ziyang, LIU Zhongyang
Sulforaphane(SF)is a class of secondary metabolites with higher biological activity formed by hydrolysis of the aliphatic glucosinolate component-glucoraphanin catalyzed by myrosinases,which is mainly distributed in cruciferous vegetable crops.SF has anti-cancer,anti-oxidant,anti-inflammatory,detoxification,cardiovascular and diabetes prevention and other multiple effects,and has considerable utilization value in the development of functional foods and health care products.In recent years,researchers have carried out a series of work on the breeding and efficient production of high-content SF,and the cultivation measures that effectively use exogenous regulatory methods to mediate the synthesis of SF are commonly used strategies.In this paper,the structure,physicochemical properties and synthesis pathways of SF were reviewed,and the mechanism of mediation of SF synthesis by different regulatory modes(such as environmental factors,plant hormones,exogenous regulatory substances)was discussed.Finally,the existing problems and future research directions are proposed,aiming to provide some valuable references for the high-quality cultivation of high-content SF cruciferous vegetables cultivars.