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Nutritional Quality Analysis of Green Gram Microgreens Grown in Different Media

Author: Gopika P. Hassan and Suma Divakar

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Abstract

Microgreens are immature vegetable greens harvested after the emergence of cotyledonary leaves. They are characterized by a wide variety of colours, flavours and textures. Microgreens show interesting nutritional properties and have been referred to as “super foods”. For the study, high yielding variety seeds of green gram were selected and grown in different media. The green gram microgreens grown in soil had the highest nutritional value when compared with the microgreens grown in other media. The Calcium and Vitamin C content of green gram microgreens grown in soil was found to be 30.42mg and 27.01mg respectively. The dietary fibre content of green gram microgreen grown in soil was observed to be 2.14g. Appropriate pre- and post-harvest strategies may allow microgreens to retain their nutritional value as long as possible. There is limited literature on microgreens grown in different media. Hence this study was taken up to analyse the nutritional quality of green gram microgreens grown in different media

Keywords

Microgreens, Green gram, Super Foods

Conclusion

Microgreens are considered as the new emerging functional foods of the century (D'Imperio et al., 2024). They are the young and tender vegetables, obtained from the seeds of various plant species. The nutritional properties of microgreens make them very popular among consumers. Based on the results, it was observed that the green gram microgreens grown in m₄ (soil) (Fig. 3) had the highest nutritional value when compared with the microgreens grown in other media. This indicates that soil is the most suitable medium to supply nutrients for obtaining quality microgreens from green gram. According to Eswaranpillai and co workers (2023) soil was found to perform the best in terms of microgreens' nutritional value since it has the highest concentration of nutrients of any other media. Deepa and Malladadavar (2020) recommends the traditional soil cultivation for microgreens for individual growers

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How to cite this article

Gopika P. Hassan and Suma Divakar (2024). Nutritional Quality Analysis of Green Gram Microgreens Grown in Different Media. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(8): 90-95.