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Laser Light Treatment of Seeds for Improving the Biomass Photosynthesis, Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of Lemongrass Sprouts

Agronomy, 2021
Compared to seeds and mature plants, sprouts are well characterized based on their nutritive values and biological properties. Moreover, laser light application is known to be a promising approach to improving plant growth, photosynthesis, and ...
Mohammad K. Okla, Mohamed A. El-Tayeb, Ahmed Ali Qahtan, Mostafa A. Abdel-Maksoud, Yahya B. Elbadawi, Mohamed Khamis Alaskary, Mansour A. Balkhyour, Abdelrahim H. A. Hassan, Hamada AbdElgawad   +8 more
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Enhancement of Glucosinolate Formation in Broccoli Sprouts by Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment

Foods, 2022
Broccoli sprouts are known as a rich source of health-beneficial phytonutrients: glucosinolates and phenolic compounds. The production of phytonutrients can be stimulated by elicitors that activate the plant stress response.
Adriana Vanegas Torres, Nimrod Tish, Victor Rodov   +2 more
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Effect of the Number of Dark Days and Planting Density on the Health-Promoting Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Capacity of Mustard (Brassica juncea) Sprouts

Plants, 2022
Mustard is an edible vegetable in the genus Brassica with tender and clean sprouts and short growth cycles that has become a rich source of nutrients required by humans.
Zhiqing Li, Hongmei Di, Wenjuan Cheng, Guanru Ren, Yi Zhang, Jie Ma, Wei Ma, Jiao Yang, Huashan Lian, Xiaomei Li, Zhi Huang, Yi Tang, Yangxia Zheng, Huanxiu Li, Fen Zhang, Bo Sun   +15 more
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Dietary Freeze-Dried Flaxseed and Alfalfa Sprouts as Additional Ingredients to Improve the Bioactive Compounds and Reduce the Cholesterol Content of Hen Eggs

Antioxidants, 2022
Eggs are a complete food with high-quality proteins; a 2:1 ratio of unsaturated to saturated fatty acid (SFA); and a good amount of minerals, as well as vitamins or antioxidant compounds.
Simona Mattioli, Alice Cartoni Mancinelli, Elisabetta Bravi, Elisa Angelucci, Beatrice Falcinelli, Paolo Benincasa, Cesare Castellini, Valeria Sileoni, Ombretta Marconi, Alessandro Dal Bosco   +9 more
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Response of Pumpkin to Different Concentrations and Forms of Selenium and Iodine, and their Combinations

Plants, 2020
The elements selenium (Se) and iodine (I) are both crucial for the normal functioning of the thyroid. Biofortification with these elements is particularly feasible in areas where they show a deficit.
Aleksandra Golob, Ana Kroflič, Ana Jerše, Nina Kacjan Maršić, Helena Šircelj, Vekoslava Stibilj, Mateja Germ   +6 more
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Joint Biofortification of Plants with Selenium and Iodine: New Field of Discoveries

Plants, 2021
The essentiality of selenium (Se) and iodine (I) to human beings and the widespread areas of selenium and iodine deficiency determine the high significance of functional food production with high levels of these elements.
Nadezhda Golubkina, Anastasia Moldovan, Helene Kekina, Victor Kharchenko, Agnieszka Sekara, Viliana Vasileva, Liubov Skrypnik, Alessio Tallarita, Gianluca Caruso   +8 more
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Computational Screening of Tip and Stalk Cell Behavior Proposes a Role for Apelin Signaling in Sprout Progression [PDF]

, 2016
Angiogenesis involves the formation of new blood vessels by sprouting or splitting of existing blood vessels. During sprouting, a highly motile type of endothelial cell, called the tip cell, migrates from the blood vessels followed by stalk cells, an ...
Dallinga, Marchien G., Klaassen, Ingeborg, Merks, Roeland M. H., Palm, Margriet M., Schlingemann, Reinier O., van Dijk, Erik   +5 more
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The effect of cultural and environmental factors on potato seed tuber morphology and subsequent sprout and stem development [PDF]

, 2001
Seed crops of the variety Estima were grown in each of 2 years using two planting dates, two harvest dates, two plant densities and two irrigation regimes to produce seed tubers which had experienced different cultural and environmental conditions.
Akehurst, J. M. (Jayne M.), Fellows, J. R. (Jane R.), Hambidge, A. J. (Angela J.), Lynn, James R., Wurr, D. C. E.   +4 more
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Influence of selenium supplementation on fatty acids profile and biological activity of four edible amaranth sprouts as new kind of functional food [PDF]

, 2014
Suitability assessment of amaranth sprouts as a new functional food was carried out. The optimisation of sprouting process and the influence of selenium supplementation, in doses 10, 15, and 30 mg/l of selenium as sodium selenite, on amaranth growth ...
Gdula-Argasińska, Joanna, Paśko, Paweł, Podporska-Carroll, Joanna, Quilty, Brid, Tyszka-Czochara, Małgorzata, Wietecha-Posłuszny, Renata, Zagrodzki, Paweł   +6 more
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Towards Microbial Food Safety of Sprouts: Photodynamic Decontamination of Seeds

Photonics, 2023
The climate crisis is one of the biggest challenges for humanity in the 21st century. Production and consumption of meat contributes to global warming by causing emissions of climate-relevant gases.
Andreas Fellner, Christoph Hamminger, Michael Fefer, Jun Liu, Kristjan Plaetzer   +4 more
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