1Natural Product-cum-Nano Lab, Division of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Main Campus, Chatha, Jammu- 180009, UT of Jammu and Kashmir, India
2Chemical and Biochemical Processing DivisionCentral Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Adenwala Road, Matunga (East), Mumbai400019, India
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Online Published on 13 July, 2022.
Present study embodies investigation on the effect of elicitors, namely methyl salicylate (MeSA) and salicylic acid (SA), along with the phenolic precursor (L-phenylalanine) on the antioxidant potential and bioactive composition of mung bean sprouts. Results showed highest increase in total phenolic, flavonoid and condensed tannin content in sprouts treated with L-phenylalanine and 1.0% MeSA (2.0-fold, 4.02-fold, and 6.75-fold, respectively as compared to control). Elicited sprouts with the similar treatment showed highest DPPH radical scavenging activity, reducing power, ferric reducing antioxidant power and metal ion chelation activity. Furthermore, 4.40 fold, 2.90 fold, and 2.81 fold increase in PAL, TAL and peroxidase activity, respectively was also observed. It may be concluded that elicitation along with phenolic precursor treatment effectively increased the bioactive content and antioxidant capacity of mung bean sprouts.
Elicitor, Phenolics, Antioxidant activity, Mung bean
