Chemical Composition and Metabolomic Analysis of Amaranthus cruentus Grains Harvested at Different Stages

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This study investigates the impact of early versus normal grain harvesting on chemical composition and secondary metabolites of Amaranthus cruentus species grown in South Africa. Chemical Composition and Metabolomic Analysis of Amaranthus cruentus Grains Harvested at Different Stages suggest that mature harvested amaranthus cruentus grain contain more minerals and phytochemicals which have health benefit for human and livestock immunity. The scientific paper is quite good, but the manuscript is affected by many spelling and punctuation errors so find attached the .pdf file with the annotations showing the corrections to be made.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Authors would like to acknowledge comments and suggestions made by the reviewer.

All spelling and punctuation errors were corrected accordingly as suggested.

Reviewer 2 Report

Molecules

Article: "Chemical Composition and Metabolomic Analysis of Amaranthus cruentus Grains Harvested at Different Stages"

1) Materials and Methods: "A. cruentus"; write the complete botanical name of the plant; add author name of the taxonomy, family name of the plant; use the same term for used part; sometimes you use the term (seed) and other times the (grain).

2) The introduction does not cover important data on the plant species, despite the abundance of references about this plant in this field.

3) Discussion with plant references is not enough; important references to the same work in different world regions  were not discussed in the discussion section.

4) The tables: there is no explanation for all the abbreviations below each table

Author Response

Please find the attached document

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf