TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ritu Sharma
AU  - Devendra Kumar 
TI  - Phytochemical profiling of little millet (Panicum sumatrense Roth.)
KW  - Amino acids
KW  - GC-MS
KW  -  ICP-MS
KW  - Little millet
KW  - Panicum sumatrense Roth
KW  - Phytochemicals
KW  - UHPLC-QTOF-MS
N2  - The  little  millet  (Panicum  sumatrense  Roth.)  has  great  potential  to  develop  as  functional  food  and  source  of  nutraceuticals  to  prevent  metabolic  disorders.  The  aim  of  the  current  study  aim  is  to  identify  the  bioactive  compounds  present in little millet (Panicum sumatrense). The bioactives were analysed using GC-MS and UHPLC-QTOF-MS. GC-MS analysis majorly showed the presence of hydrocarbons, fatty acids, and terpenes, while UHPLC-QTOF-MS analysis showed 22 secondary metabolites, including quercetin, palmitic acid,β-stigmasterol,luteolin, and kaempferol. ICP-MS detected 21 macro-  and  micro-elements,  with  potassium  (K),  magnesium  (Mg),  and  molybdenum  (Mo)  as  the  major  elements.  FAME  analysis revealed the presence of linoleic acid (42%), oleic acid (34.1%), and palmitic acid (15.7%)as the major fatty acids. Amino acid profiling indicated the presence of essential, non-essential, and non-proteinogenic amino acids. These findings suggest that P. Sumatrense could be a valuable natural source of bioactive metabolites and can be utilised to develop value-added functional foods
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