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Quality Characteristics and Antioxidant Activities of Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) Sprouts Grown Under Different Conditions
Seo-Hyeon Lim1†
,
So-Hyeon Kim1†
,
Jae-Jung Park2
,
Yong-Sung Park2
,
Sanjeev Kumar Dhungana3
,
Il-Doo Kim4
,
Dong-Hyun Shin5†
1Undergraduate Student, School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
2Graduate Student, School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
3Researcher, Department of Southern Area Crop Science, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Miryang 50424, Korea
4Researcher, International Institute of Research and Development, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
5Professor, School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
*dhshin@knu.ac.kr
†These authors contributed equally to this work.
1 December 2020. pp. 666-674
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Abstract

Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is an economically important aquatic ornamental herb with multiple uses, including food, tea, natural pigments, and/or healthcare product. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physicochemical properties and antioxidant potential of lotus sprouts grown in three media: sprouting machine (LSSG), soil (LSSC), and mud (LSMC). The longest sprout was obtained in LSMC (4.79 and 26.79 ㎝) followed by LSSC (1.95 and 5.4 ㎝), and LSSG (0.60 and 2.85 ㎝) at 5 and 10 days, respectively. Higher amounts of total free amino acids were found in cotyledons (33.96, 21.45, and 38.90 ㎎/g) than in hypocotyls (15.77, 7.90, and 15.29 ㎎/g ) for LSSG, LSSC, and LSMC, respectively. The ratios of total essential to total non-essential amino acids were higher in hypocotyls (0.36, 0.31, and 0.46) than in cotyledons (0.34, 0.25, and 0.40), respectively. Similarly, the total polyphenol content of the hypocotyl of LSMC (50.33 ㎍ GAE/g) was the highest and that of the husk of LSSG (24.08 ㎍ GAE/g) was the lowest. Overall, the antioxidant potential of hypocotyl was higher than that of husk and cotyledon. The results indicated that the lotus sprouts grown in mud could be a good source of nutritional and natural antioxidants.

Keywords
Growing media
Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
Nutritional value
Phytochemical
Seed germination
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  • Publisher :The Plant Resources Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국자원식물학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Plant Resources
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원식물학회지
  • Volume : 33
  • No :6
  • Pages :666-674
  • Received Date : 2020-06-04
  • Revised Date : 2020-10-25
  • Accepted Date : 2020-11-09
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2020.33.6.666
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