This article is a review of the science behind the nutritional and medicinal value of the mung bean and its sprouts with the goal of providing scientific evidence that will lead to mung beans becoming “food as medicine.”  Specifically it is “a review of phytochemistry, metabolite changes, and medicinal uses of the common food mung bean and its sprouts.”

Sprout growers may use the article to reference information about the nutritional quality of mung bean sprouts.  Click HERE to access this article.