Microgreens

Microgreens are the tiny sprouts of various edible plants. Fascinatingly, there is higher nutritional densities in the microgreen leaves than in the mature leaves of the plant if left to grow. Typically used fresh as a topping on sandwiches and other meals.

Microgreens are associated with a rich source of polyphenol that can potentially help prevent numerous diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neurological illnesses. In comparison with nutritional concentrations in mature leaves, the microgreen cotyledon leaves possessed higher nutritional densities.

http://www.foodandnutritionjournal.org/volume11number1/nutritional-and-functional-quality-of-mustard-and-coriander-greens-at-different-phases-of-development/

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf300459b