ReviewNutrients2021
Edible Plant Sprouts: Health Benefits, Trends, and Opportunities for Novel Exploration.
Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.
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30 citing papers in PubMed.
- Microgreens in controlled environment agriculture: a comprehensive review of nutritional optimization, agronomic innovations, and postharvest sustainability.Biologia futura · 2026Review
- Comparative Analysis of Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Sprouts from Eight Hemp (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cold Storage and Drying Alter Polar Metabolite Profiles in Commercial Sprouts of Eight Plant Species.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The complex of gut microbial metabolites and sex hormones in Alzheimer's disease.Seminars in immunopathology · 2026Review
- UHPLC-MS/MS, transcriptomic, and genomic analyses unravel the molecular mechanism on melatonin biosynthesis in Tartary buckwheat sprouts.Food chemistry. Molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Dual-functional ultrasound-activated sonosensitizer for microbial inactivation and sprouts quality enhancement.Ultrasonics sonochemistry · 2026Article
- Comparative assessment ofFrontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Comparison of low pressure cold plasma and chemical elicitors as two approaches for enrichment of lentil sprouts with bioactive compounds.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Nutritional Quality, Safety and Environmental Benefits of Alternative Protein Sources-An Overview.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Impact of Priming and Sprouting on the Quality and Functionality ofInternational journal of food science · 2025Article
- Effect of Different Colours of Light on Chosen Aspects of Metabolism of Radish Sprouts with Phosphoromic Approach.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cereal sprout-based food products: Industrial application, novel extraction, consumer acceptance, antioxidant potential, sensory evaluation, and health perspective.Food science & nutrition · 2024Review
- Gut microbiome as therapeutic target for diabesity management: opportunity for nanonutraceuticals and associated challenges.Drug delivery and translational research · 2024Review
- Sprouting facilitates the antiglycative effect of black soybean (Current research in food science · 2024Article
- Oat (International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Unlocking the Potential of Sprouted Cereals, Pseudocereals, and Pulses in Combating Malnutrition.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Wheat sprouts (Food science and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Mitigation of Acetamiprid Residue Disruption on Pea Seed Germination by Selenium Nanoparticles and Lentinans.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Fermented Sprouts ofPharmaceutics · 2023Article
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Abstract
The consumption of plant sprouts as part of human day-to-day diets is gradually increasing, and their health benefit is attracting interest across multiple disciplines. The purpose of this review was to (a) critically evaluate the phytochemicals in selected sprouts (alfalfa, buckwheat, broccoli, and red cabbage), (b) describe the health benefits of sprouts, (c) assess the recent advances in sprout production, (d) rigorously evaluate their safety, and (e) suggest directions that merit special consideration for further novel research on sprouts. Young shoots are characterized by high levels of health-benefitting phytochemicals. Their utility as functional ingredients have been extensively described. Tremendous advances in the production and safety of sprouts have been made over the recent past and numerous reports have appeared in mainstream scientific journals describing their nutritional and medicinal properties. However, subjects such as application of sprouted seed flours in processed products, utilizing sprouts as leads in the synthesis of nanoparticles, and assessing the dynamics of a relationship between sprouts and gut health require special attention for future clinical exploration. Sprouting is an effective strategy allowing manipulation of phytochemicals in seeds to improve their health benefits.
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