ABSTRACT

World is suffering from malnutrition. Mainly children and women affected by anaemia, kwashiorkor, obesity, vitamin deficiency, marasmus etc. One of the reason of this problem is over population; need more agricultural land to feed them healthy food. Due to industrialization need alternative of this. Microgreen is an edible seedling of vegetable, herbs, legumes having cotyledon leaf that ready to harvest in 14 to 21 days. Short life, colourful delicate structure, strong flavour and bundle of nutrition make them popular. Microgreens contain 4 to 40 times more nutrition than mature green. It is a great source of variety of minerals and vitamin that detoxify the body help in weight management. Their bioactive compounds help to fight against disease, boost immunity, fight against cancer like life threatening diseases. Microgreens are revolutionary food that can be grown organically by a person themselves which contain bunch of nutrition help to improve health. Key words: Microgreen, Health benefits, Antioxidant, Nutrition
Publication date: 01/01/2024

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2024/13.1.7687