TAILIEUCHUNG - Bringing unconventional greens from fodder to fork: A review

Unconventional greens are underutilized greens that are not part of a normal diet or grown commercially on a large scale. Unconventional greens possess immense nutritional potential which can contribute towards nutritional security. Unconventional greens are micronutrient dense nature’s gift to mankind that provides vitamins and minerals along with antioxidants. | International Journal of Current Microbiology andAppliedSciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 10 2019 Journal homepage http Review Article https Bringing Unconventional Greens from Fodder to Fork A Review Nidhi Joshi and Kiran Bains Department of Food and Nutrition Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana Punjab-141004 India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Unconventional greens Antioxidants Value-added products Turnip leaves Article Info Accepted 15 September 2019 Available Online 10 October 2019 Unconventional greens are underutilized greens that are not part of a normal diet or grown commercially on a large scale. Unconventional greens possess immense nutritional potential which can contribute towards nutritional security. Unconventional greens are micronutrient dense nature s gift to mankind that provides vitamins and minerals along with antioxidants. They are inexpensive sources of micronutrients such as ascorbic acid vitamin A 0-carotene folic acid riboflavin tocopherols calcium iron phosphorus magnesium phytochemicals antioxidants and essential fatty acids. Increasing the consumption of unconventional greens in our diet can be a food-based approach for treating micronutrient deficiency. These unconventional greens are easily available in the vegetable market at no cost. These are not utilized by general masses rather used for cattle feed due to lack of awareness about their nutritional value. Intake of unconventional greens in the daily diet can be one of the strategies for improving nutritional status. The unconventional vegetable greens are gaining importance as a means to increase the per capita availability of food hence it can be explored to improve the nutritional scenario of the country. Introduction About 600 species constitute the global diversity in vegetable crops but only one fourth is utilized as a major vegetable crop and rest are named as underutilized underexploited unconventional .

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