**The Potential of Garden Cress (***Lepidium sativum* **L.) Seeds for Development of Functional Foods Seeds for Development of Functional Foods**

**The Potential of Garden Cress (***Lepidium sativum* **L.)** 

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.70355

Chandra Shekhar Singh and Vinod Kumar Paswan

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.70355

Chandra Shekhar Singh and

Vinod Kumar Paswan

#### **Abstract**

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278 Advances in Seed Biology

Garden cress (*Lepidium sativum* L.) belonging to Cruciferae family is widely grown in India, Europe, and United States. It has been used as an important medicinal plant since the Vedic era. Its seed, oil, and powder contain significant amount of protein, fat, minerals, fibers, and phytochemicals, which are incorporated in many functional beverages and foods. A number of clinical trials have been conducted on rats that also support the efficacy of garden cress seeds (GCSs). The seed of garden cress was used in the fortification of different food items but due to the lack of their physicochemical properties and medicinal value, the exploration of the potential of garden cress seed was limited. In the present review, we discuss the proximate chemical composition, physicochemical, medicinal properties, and the food product development with garden cress seed. The functional properties of garden cress seed stimulate us to review its different valuable properties and the fortified products developed by incorporating garden cress seeds.

**Keywords:** garden cress seed, galactogogue, natural antioxidants, functional foods, fortification
