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In this study, we determined the total contents of GSs and ITCs and their specific profiles in different Moringa tissues including seeds, stems, leaves and roots. Seeds (seeds with shell and seed kernel) showed significantly higher levels of total GSs and ITCs than that of other Moringa tissues. The hydrogen sulfide (H2S) releasing capacity of total ITCs extracted from different Moringa tissues was determined by lead (II) acetate assay in 24-well plates. The H2S releasing capacity of different Moringa tissues were evaluated and compared. Moringa seeds showed the highest H2S releasing capacity, followed by roots, leaves and stems. Our results suggest that Moringa based foods may exhibit health benefits due to its GSs and ITCs contents that are the precursors for H2S, in addition to the recognized action mechanisms of ITCs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules23112809","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,29]],"date-time":"2018-10-29T11:10:41Z","timestamp":1540811441000},"page":"2809","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Releasing Capacity of Isothiocyanates from Moringa oleifera Lam."],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Xiangshe","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, No. 58, Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China"},{"name":"Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, No. 4, Xueyuan Road, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yunjiao","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Food Science and Technology Programme, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xingdi","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, No. 4, Xueyuan Road, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Food Science and Technology Programme, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xueqin","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, No. 58, Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China"},{"name":"Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, No. 4, Xueyuan Road, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuyun","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Food Science and Technology Programme, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"365","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCRESAHA.109.199919","article-title":"Hydrogen sulfide mediates cardioprotection through Nrf2 signaling","volume":"105","author":"Calvert","year":"2009","journal-title":"Circ. 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