Talk:6-(Methylsulfinyl)hexyl isothiocyanate

Current Research

A flurry of recent research suggests diverse roles involving cognition, cancer, digestion, etcetera. Hoping someone better than I at wiki references might add a sentence or two with citations. It would be a pity if the main technical detail was that bald people are applying it to their heads. 218.215.104.88 (talk) 23:17, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Artificial wasabi contains no 6-MSITC

Artificial wasabi is made from horseradish and green food coloring. Horseradish is not said to contain 6-MSITC, but a quick search doesn't yield any reputable sources clearly stating this. An unfortunate result of someone reading this article would be that, wanting to obtain the health benefits of 6-MSITC, they increased their consumption of artificial wasabi. More research is desirable. Vagabond nanoda (talk) 21:40, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

A quick search won't find it; you have to search on the actual compound name, not the shorthand "6-MSITC", and even then it's tricky as there are the usual maddening chemical variations on naming the same things. Moreover, not many researchers seem interested in extracting a complete inventory of horseradish compounds. Here's the only one I (albeit not being a chemist) could find that includes the item in question:

Study On Horseradish (Armoracia Rusticana) Essential Oil And Comparison With The Related Species – Debreceni Horseradish (Armoracia Macrocarpa).

Nguyen Minh Nhat

(Doctoral Thesis, 2016)

Page 41, Figure 12. Constituent 8. The dash represents the ITC termination. Note that caption "Main constituents of horseradish root" [emph. added], indicates it is not some 'trace' compound. I was not able to find a more quantitative description in the thesis.

So yes, horseradish does contain the coveted, purported, brain-booster. (I would buy the fresh, whole, root; not any powdered, bottled, or dressing horseradish sauce.) JohndanR (talk) 02:57, 6 December 2023 (UTC)