. 2023 Aug 3;8(32):29558–29567. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03429

Table 1. Physicochemical Composition of Microgreens^a.

parameter	spinach	carrot	bathua	Bengal gram
moisture (%)	92.63 ± 0.54^a	83.46 ± 0.93^c	89.56 ± 0.47^b	80.83 ± 0.28^d
crude fat (%)	0.43 ± 0.04^b	0.31 ± 0.10^cd	0.53 ± 0.01^a	0.33 ± 0.12^c
protein (%)	2.56 ± 0.14^bc	2.43 ± 0.06^b	3.40 ± 0.15^a	2.6 ± 0.07^bc
crude fiber (%)	1.16 ± 0.12^bc	2.40 ± 0.14^a	1.11 ± 0.06^d	1.31 ± 0.07^b
ash (%)	1.21 ± 0.01^c	1.36 ± 0.04^a	1.32 ± 0.01^ab	1.20 ± 0.02^bc
_L*	49.31 ± 0.02^cd	48.66 ± 0.46^c	51.03 ± 0.33^b	53.57 ± 0.46^a
_a*	–5.92 ± 0.08^d	–5.34 ± 0.02^c	–4.86 ± 0.01^b	–4.49 ± 0.09^a
_b*	17.23 ± 0.01^b	13.05 ± 0.09^d	15.04 ± 0.08^c	17.77 ± 0.01^a
_c*	18.23 ± 0.08^ab	14.12 ± 0.08^c	15.79 ± 0.09^b	18.30 ± 0.08^a
_h°	108.98 ± 0.08^b	112.37 ± 0.08^a	107.95 ± 0.01^c	104.19 ± 0.01^d

Values are means ± SD of triplicate analysis. Means with different letters in the same row indicate significant differences at p < 0.05.

Table 1. Physicochemical Composition of Microgreensa.