A Comprehensive Review of Germination Impact on Moringa Seeds and Sprouts: Physiological and Biochemical Changes, Bioactive Compounds, Health Benefits, and Food Applications.

ABSTRACT: Germination is emerging as a promising bioprocess to produce edible moringa sprouts with enhanced nutritional value and health benefits. Germinated moringa seeds could be marketed as a novel food ingredient for functional food formulations. Attempts to understand the bioactive compounds and their associated health benefits of moringa seeds and sprouts would be conducive to developing functional foods and nutraceuticals. This review summarizes germination and its impact on the bioactive compounds in moringa seeds and sprouts and discusses their bioactivities, with the mechanisms of action in cell and animal models being elucidated. Some applications of moringa seeds and sprouts in functional food formulations are also provided. Germination accumulates a range of bioactive compounds, particu

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12476024 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature