Advanced Research on Sprouts and Microgreens as a Source of Bioactive Compounds

• Other Authors: Falcinelli, Beatrice (Editor), Galieni, Angelica (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Botany & plant sciences; Canavalia; molybdenum; seed priming; nitrogen assimilation; high CO2; caraway plants; sprouting; mature plants; nutritious metabolites; antioxidant; antimicrobial activity; anise sprouts; He-Ne laser; bacterial endophytes; Chenopodium sp.; sprouts; photosynthesis; amino acid metabolism; phenolics metabolism; anti-inflammatory; Medicago species; priming; KNO3; bioactivity; Medicago interexta; SeNPs; BABA; anti-diabetic; microscale vegetables; microgreens; phytonutrients; functional foods; malnutrition; biofortification; illumination; health-promoting compounds; pakchoi; greenhouse; UV-B; antioxidant activity; flavonoids; biosynthetic pathway; Triticum dicoccum; salinity; calcium homeostasis; phenolic acid; hydrogen peroxide; oat seedling; policosanol; hexacosanol; AMPK; growth times; GC-MS; bioactive compounds; carotenoid; chlorophyll; gold nanoparticles photometric assay; seedling; spectroscopy; vegetation index
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Today, researchers are focused on studying and identifying new products that can be beneficial for both food and pharmaceutical purposes. In this context, sprouts and microgreens are widely recognized as functional foods due to their high nutritional value, and in particular, their high bioactive co...