The Antioxidant Properties Of Asparagus Make It One Of The Top Vegetables For Neutralizing Free Radicals That Cause Cell Damage

Asparagus
Asparagus

Asparagus, also known as garden asparagus, sparrow grass, or Asparagus officinalis, is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus. Its young shoots are eaten as a vegetable in the spring. It was once classified as a lily, along with other Allium species, onions, and garlic. However, genetic research has classified lilies, Allium, and asparagus into three distinct families: the Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and Asparagaceae, with the Amaryllidaceae and Asparagaceae being grouped together in the order Asparagales. The native range of Asparagus officinalis varies, but it generally includes most of Europe and western temperate Asia. It is widely grown as a vegetable crop.

Asparagus is a herbaceous, perennial plant with stout stems and feathery foliage that grows to 100-150 centimetres (40-60 inches) tall. The 'leaves' are needle-like cladodes (modified stems) in the axils of scale leaves; they are 6-32 millimetres (14-1+14) long and 1 mm (132 in) broad, clustered four to fifteen together in a rose-like shape. The root system, also known as a "crown," is adventitious, and the root type is fasciculated. The flowers are bell-shaped, greenish-white to yellowish, and 4.5-6.5 mm (316-14 in) long, with six tepals partially fused together at the base; they appear singly or in clusters of two or three at branchlet junctions. It is typically dioecious, with male and female flowers growing on separate plants.

Water accounts for 93% of asparagus's composition. Asparagus Market is low in food energy and sodium. It contains vitamin B6, calcium, magnesium, and zinc, and is a very good source of dietary fibre, protein, beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, thiamin, riboflavin, rutin, niacin, folic acid, iron, phosphorus, potassium, copper, manganese, and selenium, as well as chromium, a trace mineral that regulates the ability of insulin to transport glucose from the bloodstream.

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