Sprouts and microgreens—Novel food sources for healthy diets

AW Ebert - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the growing interest of society in healthy eating, the interest in fresh, ready-to-eat,
functional food, such as microscale vegetables (sprouted seeds and microgreens), has been …

Nutritional quality and health benefits of microgreens, a crop of modern agriculture

Y Zhang, Z Xiao, E Ager, L Kong, L Tan - Journal of Future Foods, 2021 - Elsevier
Microgreens are young, tender greens that are used to enhance the color, texture, or flavor
of salads and main dishes. They can be grown in small scales and indoors, making them …

Microgreens—A comprehensive review of bioactive molecules and health benefits

M Bhaswant, DK Shanmugam, T Miyazawa, C Abe… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microgreens, a hypothesized term used for the emerging food product that is developed from
various commercial food crops, such as vegetables, grains, and herbs, consist of developed …

Bioactive Compounds and Bioactivities of Brassica oleracea L. var. Italica Sprouts and Microgreens: An Updated Overview from a Nutraceutical Perspective

TN Le, CH Chiu, PC Hsieh - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sprouts and microgreens, the edible seedlings of vegetables and herbs, have received
increasing attention in recent years and are considered as functional foods or superfoods …

A review on bioactive compounds in sprouts: extraction techniques, food application and health functionality

S Waliat, MS Arshad, H Hanif, A Ejaz… - … journal of food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this review, we discussed different types of sprouts, its antioxidant properties, extraction
techniques, functional food application and health benefits. Sprouts are regarded as …

The role of emerging micro-scale vegetables in human diet and health benefits—An updated review based on microgreens

J Teng, P Liao, M Wang - Food & function, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Increasing public concern about health has prompted humans to find new sources of food.
Microgreens are young and immature plants that have been recently introduced as a new …

Small functional foods: Comparative phytochemical and nutritional analyses of five microgreens of the Brassicaceae family

I Marchioni, M Martinelli, R Ascrizzi, C Gabbrielli… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microgreens are the seedlings of herbs and vegetables which are harvested at the
development stage of their two cotyledonary leaves, or sometimes at the emergence of their …

[HTML][HTML] How does the phytochemical composition of sprouts and microgreens from Brassica vegetables affect the sensory profile and consumer acceptability?

M Cano-Lamadrid, L Martínez-Zamora… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pre-and postharvest strategies have been developed during the last decades to increase
yield, quality, and bioactive compounds of sprouts and microgreens. Depending on the …

Brassicaceae microgreens: phytochemical compositions, influences of growing practices, postharvest technology, health, and food applications

B Dereje, JC Jacquier, C Elliott-Kingston… - ACS Food Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Our planet is facing food scarcity due to a rapidly growing population. Hence, food
production and sources must adapt to accommodate a growing population and a changing …

Enhancing the quality of two species of baby leaves sprayed with Moringa leaf extract as biostimulant

S Toscano, A Ferrante, F Branca, D Romano - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural biostimulants obtained by plants are intensively used nowadays to improve crop
yield and quality. The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of leaf extract of moringa …