Plant Seeds: A Potential Bioresource for Isolation of Nutraceutical and Bioactive Compounds

The greatest difficulty facing the cosmos now is the ability to survive in excellent health. The idea that nature preserves plant seeds when they are dormant and have been sitting in the soil for a long time is the foundation for the current notion. Bacteria, fungus, and virus attack are deterred from attacking seeds with the assistance of antimicrobial phytochemicals, plant defensins, other associated antimicrobial biopeptide components, plant prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics, etc., prepared by the seeds during its journey towards the matured plant. Nature uses this technique to safeguard the offspring. We merely need to understand what nature is trying to tell us. The aim of the chapter is to take us through this message of nature followed for the well-being and growth of plant life cycle. Readers shall be acquainted with the current state of knowledge on plant seeds as a potential bioresource for the extraction of nutraceutical and bioactive chemicals. Moreover, the chapter will take the reader through Mother Nature’s ways of green extraction techniques like sprouting, germination, and fermentation for the health benefits of human beings.