Abstract

WHEAT GRASS JUICE—NATURE’S POWERFUL MEDICINE

Roma Mridul Sharma*, Aishwarya T. Nair, Shilpa S. Harak, Tejaswini D. Patil, Smita P. Shelke

ABSTRACT

For energy, detoxification or battling serious or chronic health challenges, there’s nothing that can compare to quaffing one or two glasses of cereal grass juice daily. Wheat grass juice is the juice extracted from the pulp of wheat grass and has been used as a general purpose health tonic for several years. Shoot of Triticum aestivum Linn. Belonging to family Gramineae. Triticum is a genus of annual and biennial grasses, yielding various types of Wheat. The objective of this review article is to explore pharmacognostic study, phytochemical profile, health benefits, nutritional information and contraindication of wheat grass.

Keywords: Triticum aestivum, Wheat grass, microscopical examination, phytochemical screening, wheatgrass.