@conference{
author = "Belošević, Spasoje and Milinčić, Danijel and Salević-Jelić, Ana and Marković, Jovana and Lević, Steva and Pešić, Mirjana and Marjanović, Stefan and Đorđević, Verica and Nedović, Viktor",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Recently, microgreens have been recognized as a potential food of the future, and
their application in the formulation of new products has been scarcely investigated. Only a
few studies promote the use of microgreens and sprouts in the formulation of novel products,
primarily beverages. The most often cultivated, analyzed and used microgreens are from the
Brassicaceae family, because they present a good source of bioactive compounds, primarily
glucosinolates, isothiocyanates and phenolic compounds. However, products from these
microgreens species have a typical flavor, with herbaceous, grassy and sulphurous notes,
often repulsive to consumers. Therefore, this study aims to examine total phenolic (TPC) and
flavonoids (TFC) content, as well as antioxidant properties (ABTS•+ and FRAP) of novel
sensorially acceptable broccoli microgreens-apple juice (BC-AJ). Previously produced coldpressed
broccoli microgreens and apple juices were mixed in the ratios 51% and 49%
respectively, and further analyzed by well-known spectrophotometric methods such as Folin-
Ciocalteu's (TPC) and aluminum chloride (TFC) methods, as well as methods based on
radical scavenging (ABTS•+) and ion reducing (FRAP) activities for evaluation of antioxidant
properties. Results for the TPC and TFC of BC-AJ were 109.78 ± 1.08 mg GAE/100 mL and
64.68 ± 2.25 mg QE/100 mL, respectively. Furthermore, novel BC-AJ had a good ability to
scavenge ABTS•+ radicals (162.90 ± 4.42 mg TE/100 mL) and a tendency to reduce [Fe3+-
(TPTZ)2]3+ complexes (258.50 ± 3.26 mg TE/100 mL), probably due to the most diverse of
phenolic compounds originated from broccoli and apple. Finally, broccoli microgreens-apple
juice has a high content of phenolic compounds and good antioxidant properties, so it can be
considered as a potentially functional beverage, but future research that includes additional in
vitro and in vivo studies is necessary.",
publisher = "University of Belgrade, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy",
journal = "Book of Abstracts of the International Conference on Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology for Young Scientists",
title = "Broccoli microgreens-apple juice as novel beverages: total phenolic, flavonoids and antioxidant activity",
pages = "68",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_6856"
}
