Non-thermal plasma (NTP) treatment of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. seeds stimulates the sprout growth and the production of nutraceutical compounds

Autor: Iuliana Motrescu, Constantin Lungoci, Mihai Alexandru Ciolan, Gerard Jităreanu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Plant Biology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2229
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04710-0
Popis: Abstract The possibility to stimulate the production of some nutraceutical properties of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) sprouts by non-thermal plasma (NTP) processing of the seeds in different conditions was studied. The non-thermal plasma used in this work was a surface dielectric barrier discharge. Two types of processing were performed: direct NTP treatment and NTP with a cover treatment, to simulate the processing of packaged seeds. For all treatments, the effect of pre-soaking of the seeds was studied as well. The analyses of the seeds after processing indicated an increase of the hydrophilicity of their surface for NTP direct treatment as resulted from the water contact angle measurements, which could be due to the strong etching evidenced by scanning electron microscopy imaging. A significant (p
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