Exploring the phytochemical profile of green grasses with special reference to antioxidant properties

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Table 1. Mean values for proximate composition of cereal grasses (g/100 g).

Cereal Grasses	Moisture	Ash	Fat	Protein	NFE	Crude Fiber	SDF	IDF
Barley grass	11.887 ± 0.03^b	7.433 ± 0.01^b	2.5633 ± 0.06^a	20.213 ± 0.04^b	11.226 ± 0.20^b	23.550 ± 0.01^a	3.110 ± 0.07^a	54.720 ± 0.04^a
Wheat grass	16.667 ± 0.32^a	7.973 ± 0.21^a	0.003 ± 0.07^b	27.267 ± 0.01^a	14.836 ± 0.05^a	20.600 ± 0.26^b	0.620 ± 0.12^b	46.940 ± 0.05^b

Means carrying different letters are not significantly identical.

Table 2. Mean values of minerals (mg/100 g) of cereal grasses.

Green Grasses	Ca	Fe	K	P	Zn	Na
Barley Grass	57.57 ± 0.01^a	14.33 ± 0.55^a	365.54 ± 0.11^a	42.52 ± 1.16^a	4.23 ± 0.44^a	11.31 ± 0.63^a
Wheat Grass	49.89 ± 0.30^b	5.27 ± 0.23^b	154.67 ± 0.19^b	36.66 ± 0.45^b	3.90 ± 0.67^b	9.46 ± 0.54^b

Means carrying different letters are not significantly identical.

Table 3. Mean values of vitamins in cereal grasses.

Green Grasses	Vit B6 (mg/100 g)	Vit B9 (µg/100 g)	Vit B12 (µg/100 g)	Vit C (µg/100 g)
Barley Grass	1.50 ± 2.22^a	106.7 ± 1.06^a	93.33 ± 1.67^a	25.4 ± 1.55^a
Wheat Grass	0.96 ± 1.63^b	84.0 ± 0.45^b	66.87 ± 3.02^b	14.4 ± 0.33^b

Means carrying different letters are not significantly identical.

Table 4. Mean values of antioxidant activity parameters of green grasses.

Green Grasses	AA	DPPH (%)	TPC (µmol of GAE/g)	Flavonoids (μmol/l)
Barley Grass	283.5 ± 0.05a	99.29 ± 0.34a	195.33 ± 0.04a	148.33 ± 0.22a
Wheat Grass	73.93 ± 1.23b	51.69 ± 1.45b	203.52 ± 0.10b	161.12 ± 0.01b

Means carrying different letters are not significantly identical.

Table 5. Mean values for phenolic acids (µg/g) of cereal grasses.

Green Grasses	Benzoic Acid	Caffeic Acid	Galic Acid	Syringic Acid	P-Hydroxybenzoic Acid	Ferulic Acid
Barley Grass	73.84 ± 1.23a	86.61 ± 0.10a	6.33 ± 0.75a	170.46 ± 0.19a	42.52 ± 1.01a	1560.3 ± 3.23a
Wheat Grass	65.16 ± 4.01b	77.03 ± .1.88b	3.62 ± 0.01b	150.43 ± 0.10b	36.67 ± 1.44b	1315.7 ± 2.11b

Means carrying different letters are not significantly identical.