Botany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa

Quinoa is a climate-resilient food grain crop that has gained significant importance in the last few years due to its nutritional composition, phytochemical properties and associated health benefits. Quinoa grain is enriched in amino acids, fiber, minerals, phenolics, saponins, phytosterols and vita...

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Autores principales:	M. Iftikhar Hussain, Muhammad Farooq, Qamar Abbas Syed, Anum Ishaq, Abdullah Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Ashraf A. Hatamleh
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	quinoa grains phytochemicals anti-oxidants nutrients phytosterols Botany QK1-989
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:371b76991b824d5c92f31d3b7e7564252021-11-25T18:44:24ZBotany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa10.3390/plants101122582223-7747https://doaj.org/article/371b76991b824d5c92f31d3b7e7564252021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/11/2258https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7747Quinoa is a climate-resilient food grain crop that has gained significant importance in the last few years due to its nutritional composition, phytochemical properties and associated health benefits. Quinoa grain is enriched in amino acids, fiber, minerals, phenolics, saponins, phytosterols and vitamins. Quinoa possesses different human-health promoting biological substances and nutraceutical molecules. This review synthesizes and summarizes recent findings regarding the nutrition and phytochemical properties of quinoa grains and discusses the associated biological mechanisms. Quinoa grains and grain-based supplements are useful in treating different biological disorders of the human body. Quinoa is being promoted as an exceptionally healthy food and a gluten-free super grain. Quinoa could be used as a biomedicine due to the presence of functional compounds that may help to prevent various chronic diseases. Future research needs to explore the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical aspects of quinoa that might help to control different chronic diseases and to promote human health.M. Iftikhar HussainMuhammad FarooqQamar Abbas SyedAnum IshaqAbdullah Ahmed Al-GhamdiAshraf A. HatamlehMDPI AGarticlequinoa grainsphytochemicalsanti-oxidantsnutrientsphytosterolsBotanyQK1-989ENPlants, Vol 10, Iss 2258, p 2258 (2021)
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spellingShingle	quinoa grains phytochemicals anti-oxidants nutrients phytosterols Botany QK1-989 M. Iftikhar Hussain Muhammad Farooq Qamar Abbas Syed Anum Ishaq Abdullah Ahmed Al-Ghamdi Ashraf A. Hatamleh Botany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa
description	Quinoa is a climate-resilient food grain crop that has gained significant importance in the last few years due to its nutritional composition, phytochemical properties and associated health benefits. Quinoa grain is enriched in amino acids, fiber, minerals, phenolics, saponins, phytosterols and vitamins. Quinoa possesses different human-health promoting biological substances and nutraceutical molecules. This review synthesizes and summarizes recent findings regarding the nutrition and phytochemical properties of quinoa grains and discusses the associated biological mechanisms. Quinoa grains and grain-based supplements are useful in treating different biological disorders of the human body. Quinoa is being promoted as an exceptionally healthy food and a gluten-free super grain. Quinoa could be used as a biomedicine due to the presence of functional compounds that may help to prevent various chronic diseases. Future research needs to explore the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical aspects of quinoa that might help to control different chronic diseases and to promote human health.
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title	Botany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa
title_short	Botany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa
title_full	Botany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa
title_fullStr	Botany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa
title_full_unstemmed	Botany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa
title_sort	botany, nutritional value, phytochemical composition and biological activities of quinoa
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/371b76991b824d5c92f31d3b7e756425
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Botany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa

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