"Wounded plants: How they coordinate their healing"
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...155118.htm
Everyday example and how it benefits humans...
Say you take a cabbage and cut off the top. The cabbage will release this hormone that starts to toughen and protect the remaining exposed area.
When you eat it, that hormone gets into your body and assists in performing the same function.
It's the same idea behind chopping garlic and letting it sit for 10 minutes while the allicin forms...
https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/food-beverages/garlic
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...155118.htm
Everyday example and how it benefits humans...
Say you take a cabbage and cut off the top. The cabbage will release this hormone that starts to toughen and protect the remaining exposed area.
When you eat it, that hormone gets into your body and assists in performing the same function.
It's the same idea behind chopping garlic and letting it sit for 10 minutes while the allicin forms...
Quote:Crushing or chopping garlic releases an enzyme called alliinase that catalyzes the formation of allicin from S-allyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide (Allin). Allicin rapidly breaks down to form a variety of organosulfur compounds.
https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/food-beverages/garlic
