Open AccessThe Effect of Growing Media on the Vitamin C and Chlorophyll Content of Gelinggang Microgreen
Author(s) -
Novianti Adi Rohmanna,
Ronny Mulyawan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/1005/1/012005
Subject(s) - ascorbic acid , chemistry , chlorophyll , vitamin c , citric acid , cassia , vitamin , food science , acetone , biochemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , organic chemistry , traditional chinese medicine , pathology
Cassia alata L. (called Gelinggang) was a type of herbal plant used as a skin and diarrhea medicine. However, there has been no further research related to gelinggang microgreens. Therefore, this study utilizes gelinggang as a microgreen. This study aimed to determine the growth media’s effect on chlorophyll and ascorbic acid in gelinggang microgreens. In this study, gelinggang seed was grown in organic soil and rockwool for about 14 days at room temperature (27±1°C). The chlorophyll of acetone extract and ascorbic acid of sodium oxalate extract of this microgreen were determined using UV-Vis spectrophotometric methods. There was a difference between organic soil and rockwool as growing media on the vitamin C and chlorophyll gelinggang microgreen. The study showed that microgreens on organic soil had the highest chlorophyll content, while microgreens on rockwool had the highest vitamin C content. Thus gelinggang microgreens high in phytochemicals compounds could be used as health-promoting food ingredients.