Kandungan Gizi dan Antioksidan Microgreen Jali (Coix lacryma-jobi L.)

Jali (Coix lacryma jobi L.) is one of the local foods of the cereal group that is widely found in Central Java. Jali cereal is known to contain various nutrients such as protein by 14% and fat content by 7.9%. Microgreen is rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds so that it becomes one of the functional foods. One of the efforts to develop the potential of Jali is to increase the variety of its production such as producing microgreen Jali which can be consumed directly either as food or healthy drink. Microgreen is a young plant that is harvested when the cotyledons become a pair of young leaves that grow. Consumption of microgreen is expected to obtain maximum benefits from cereals without having to harvest Jali in mature plants. The purpose of this study was to determine the nutritional content and antioxidants in various parts of Jali microgreen. Tests were carried out on all parts including roots, stem leaves and complete microgreen plants at the age of 4, 7 and 10 days. The analysis carried out includes fat content, protein content, total carbohydrates, crude fiber content, total sugar, salt content and IC50 antioxidant activity. The results showed that microgreen Jali contains nutritional values including fat, protein, carbohydrates, crude fiber and antioxidant activity in all parts, from the root to the leaf stem during its growth. The leaf stems have higher levels of fat, protein, carbohydrates, crude fiber, total sugar and antioxidant activity compared to other parts of microgreen Jali. The growth age of microgreen Jali affects the nutrient content of each part.