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Abstract Title:

Microgreens: Functional Food with Antiproliferative Cancer Properties Influenced by Light.

Abstract Source:

Foods. 2021 Jul 22 ;10(8). Epub 2021 Jul 22. PMID: 34441474

Abstract Author(s):

Francesca Truzzi, Anne Whittaker, Chiara Roncuzzi, Annalisa Saltari, Mitchell P Levesque, Giovanni Dinelli

Article Affiliation:

Francesca Truzzi

Abstract:

The anti-proliferative/pro-oxidant efficacy of green pea, soybean, radish, Red Rambo radish, and rocket microgreens, cultivated under either fluorescent lighting (predominant spectral peaks in green and orange) or combination light-emitting diode (LED, predominant spectral peak in blue) was investigated using Ewing sarcoma lines, RD-ES and A673, respectively. All aqueous microgreen extracts significantly reduced cell proliferation (cancer prevention effect) to varying extents in two-dimensional sarcoma cell cultures. The effect of the polyphenol fraction in the aqueous food matrix was unrelated to total polyphenol content, which differed between species and light treatment. Only(LED-grown) extracts exercised anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects in both three-dimensional RD-ES and A673 spheroids (early tumor progression prevention), without cytotoxic effects on healthy L929 fibroblasts. A similar anti-tumor effect of Red Rambo radish (LED and fluorescent-grown) was evident only in the RD-ES spheroids. Aside from the promising anti-tumor potential of the polyphenol fraction of green pea microgreens, the latter also displayed favorable growth quality parameters, along with radish, under both light treatments over the 10 day cultivation period.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Pharmacological Actions : Antiproliferative : CK(6801) : AC(6958)
Additional Keywords : Microgreens

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