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 …

Cowpea: an overview on its nutritional facts and health benefits

C Jayathilake, R Visvanathan, A Deen… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is a legume consumed as a high‐quality plant protein source
in many parts of the world. High protein and carbohydrate contents with a relatively low fat …

Functional relationship of vegetable colors and bioactive compounds: Implications in human health

S Sharma, V Katoch, S Kumar, S Chatterjee - The Journal of Nutritional …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegetables are essential protective diet ingredients that supply ample amounts of minerals,
vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins, dietary fiber, and various nutraceutical compounds for …

Total Polyphenol Content and Antioxidant Capacity of Rosehips of Some Rosa Species

N Koczka, É Stefanovits-Bányai, A Ombódi - Medicines, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Rosehips, the fruits of Rosa species, are well known for their various health
benefits like strengthening the immune system and treating digestive disorders. Antioxidant …

Impact of germination on structural, physicochemical, techno-functional, and digestion properties of desi chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) flour

SA Sofi, S Rafiq, J Singh, SA Mir, S Sharma, P Bakshi… - Food chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Germination significantly increased the nutrient composition, total phenolic content, and
antioxidant activity of the chickpea flour cultivars studied (GNG-469 and GNG-1581). Protein …

Phenolic Profile, Antioxidant Activity, and Ameliorating Efficacy of Chenopodium quinoa Sprouts against CCl4-Induced Oxidative Stress in Rats

MM Al-Qabba, MA El-Mowafy, SA Althwab… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is classified as one of the pseudo-cereal grains rich in both
macronutrients and micronutrients. This study tracks changes in the polyphenol composition …

The use of sprouts to improve the nutritional value of food products: A brief review

RF Miyahira, JO Lopes, AEC Antunes - Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 2021 - Springer
Sprouts are vegetable foods rich in phytonutrients, such as glucosinolates, phenolics, and
isoflavones. Many studies have shown that sprouts also have high concentrations of …

Influence of climate variation on phenolic composition and antioxidant capacity of Medicago minima populations

S Kabtni, D Sdouga, I Bettaib Rebey, M Save… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Medicago minima is a pasture legume that grows almost all over the world. In Tunisia, it
occupies various climatic environments and is considered the most abundant annual …

Biopolymer nanoparticles: a strategy to enhance stability, bioavailability, and biological effects of phenolic compounds as functional ingredients

D Nishimoto‐Sauceda… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phenolic compounds are abundant in nature and have multiple beneficial effects on human
health due to their antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, antithrombotic, antiallergenic, anticancer …

Changes in quality, bioactive compounds, fatty acids, tocopherols, and phenolic composition in oven-and microwave-roasted poppy seeds and oil

K Ghafoor, MM Özcan, ALJ Fahad, EE Babiker… - Lwt, 2019 - Elsevier
The oil quality, fatty acid composition, tocopherol contents, and phenolic compounds of oven-
and microwave-roasted seeds from three different poppy varieties (blue, yellow, and white) …