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Review
. 2022 Oct 28;27(21):7320.
doi: 10.3390/molecules27217320.

Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Different Vegetable Sprouts and Their Potential Role in the Formulation of Functional Foods against Various Disorders: A Literature-Based Review

Afifa Aziz  1 , Sana Noreen  2 , Waseem Khalid  1 , Fizza Mubarik  2 , Madiha Khan Niazi  2 , Hyrije Koraqi  3 , Anwar Ali  4 , Clara Mariana Gonçalves Lima  5 , Wafa S Alansari  6 , Areej A Eskandrani  7 , Ghalia Shamlan  8 , Ammar Al-Farga  6
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Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Different Vegetable Sprouts and Their Potential Role in the Formulation of Functional Foods against Various Disorders: A Literature-Based Review

Afifa Aziz et al. Molecules. .

Abstract

In this review, we discuss the advantages of vegetable sprouts in the development of food products as well as their beneficial effects on a variety of disorders. Sprouts are obtained from different types of plants and seeds and various types of leafy, root, and shoot vegetables. Vegetable sprouts are enriched in bioactive compounds, including polyphenols, antioxidants, and vitamins. Currently, different conventional methods and advanced technologies are used to extract bioactive compounds from vegetable sprouts. Due to some issues in traditional methods, increasingly, the trend is to use recent technologies because the results are better. Applications of phytonutrients extracted from sprouts are finding increased utility for food processing and shelf-life enhancement. Vegetable sprouts are being used in the preparation of different functional food products such as juices, bread, and biscuits. Previous research has shown that vegetable sprouts can help to fight a variety of chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Furthermore, in the future, more research is needed that explores the extraordinary ways in which vegetable sprouts can be incorporated into green-food processing and preservation for the purpose of enhancing shelf-life and the formation of functional meat products and substitutes.

Keywords: bioactive compound; functional product; new extraction; pharmacological role; sprout.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Different bioactive compounds in vegetables sprouts.
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Conventional and new techniques can be used to extract bioactive compounds from different types of vegetable sprouts.
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Bioavailability of sprouts against different disorders.
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