o:35778 Exploring the potential of underrated yet versatile crop Lunaria annua L.: New insights into honesty plant Istraživanje potencijala potcenjenog, ali svestranog useva Lunaria annua L.: Novi uvidi u biljku srebreniku en ABSTRACT Lunaria annua is an underexplored crop with promising potential for use in various industries: food, oil etc. It grows rapidly, has low maintenance and high resistance to pathogens, which makes it a promising crop for sustainable cultivation. Herein, we investigated nutritional value, phenolic profile, and bioactive properties of L. annua seeds collected in the wild. The results we obtained indicate that seeds of L. annua have high energy value (406.6 kcal/100 g dw), with high share of carbohydrates (65.2 g/100 g dw), followed by proteins (26.47 g/100 g dw) and fat (4.46 g/100 g dw). Free sugar analysis showed presence of fructose, glucose and sucrose (0.77 g, 0.189 g and 3.85 g/100 g dw, respectively). Oxalic and malic acid were quantified <1.0 g/100 g dw and fumaric acid only in trace. Monounsaturated fatty acids were predominant over polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids (erucic, nervonic and oleic acid were dominant). Honesty plant, Nutritional value, Organic acids, Fatty acids, Phenolic profile, Sugar profile, Bioactive properties 1552099 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42248 2025-01-30T11:12:49.612Z 44 yes 46 Jovana Petrović University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia Daiana Almeida CIMO, LA SusTEC, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Bragança, Portugal person Angela Fernandes CIMO, LA SusTEC, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Bragança, Portugal person Dejan Stojković University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia person Dragana Robajac University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia doktor biohemijskih nauka person 0000-0002-6423-4645 Tayse F.F. da Silveira CIMO, LA SusTEC, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Bragança, Portugal person Lillian Barros CIMO, LA SusTEC, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Bragança, Portugal person application/pdf 1295703 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:35778 no yes 18 70 92000001 11A21 11A29 11A2905 Heliyon 11 3 Elsevier Ltd. 2025