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SUBMITTER: Le TN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7465980 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Le Thanh Ninh TN Chiu Chiu-Hsia CH Hsieh Pao-Chuan PC
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 20200727 8
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 owing to their valuable health-promoting properties. In particular, the seedlings of broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. var. <i>Italica</i>) have been highly prized for their substantial amount of bioactive constituents, including glucosinolates, phenolic compounds, vitamins, and essential minerals. These secondary metab ...[more]