Underutilized legumes: nutrient status and advanced breeding approaches for qualitative and quantitative enhancement

I Samal, TK Bhoi, MN Raj, PK Majhi, S Murmu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Underutilized/orphan legumes provide food and nutritional security to resource-poor rural
populations during periods of drought and extreme hunger, thus, saving millions of lives …

Microalgal liquid biofertilizer and biostimulant effect on green gram (Vigna radiata L) an experimental cultivation

R Dineshkumar, M Duraimurugan… - Biomass Conversion …, 2020 - Springer
Microalgae-based biofertilizers have been proven to be very successful and an alternate
source for agricultural sectors in reducing the usage of harmful chemical fertilizers. Focusing …

An insight into dietetic and nutraceutical properties of underutilized legume: Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.

N Kumar, SK Singh, RK Lal, SS Dhawan - Journal of Food Composition …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC., an underused tropical legume, holds remarkable
nutritional parity with conventional legumes like soya beans, with matching in protein, fat …

Effects of Five Ayurvedic Herbs on Locomotor Behaviour in a Drosophila melanogaster Parkinson's Disease Model

RLM Jansen, B Brogan, AJ Whitworth… - Phytotherapy …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Current conventional treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD) are aimed at symptom
management, as there is currently no known cure or treatment that can slow down its …

Evaluation of antioxidant capacity and reproductive toxicity of aqueous extract of Thai Mucuna pruriens seeds

S Iamsaard, S Arun, J Burawat, S Yannasithinon… - Journal of Integrative …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective In traditional medicine, the seeds of Thai Mucuna pruriens (T-MP) are used to treat
male dysuria and are believed to enhance fertility. However, information pertaining to the …

Peptides from Mucuna pruriens L., with protection and antioxidant in vitro effect on HeLa cell line

EE Martínez‐Leo, AM Martín‐Ortega… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Mucuna pruriens L. is a legume sown in the Mexican southeast with an
important protein content. Studies have shown the potential use of by‐products derived from …

Phytohemagglutinin content in fresh kidney bean in China

Y Sun, J Liu, Y Huang, M Li, J Lu, N Jin… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Fresh kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are common green vegetable that are widely
cultured and consumed worldwide. The benefits of fresh kidney beans are highly …

Compound Characterization of a Mucuna Seed Extract: L-Dopa, Arginine, Stizolamine, and Some Fructooligosaccharides

AL Hernández-Orihuela, KV Castro-Cerritos, MG López… - Compounds, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human societies demand sustainable alternatives for goods and services. Plants are
sustainable sources of important metabolites with beneficial impacts on human health …

Content and Yield of L-DOPA and Bioactive Compounds of Broad Bean Plants: Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activity In Vitro

PB Fuentes-Herrera, BE Herrera-Cabrera… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The broad bean plant contains L-DOPA, a compound that is essential for patients with
Parkinson's disease. However, little has been reported on other broad bean compounds that …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of biochemical composition and nutritional potential of three varieties of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilezek

PS Tresina, ED Daffodil, P Lincy, VR Mohan - Biolife, 2014 - academia.edu
Three different varieties of the pulse, Vigna radiata were analysed for their proximate and
mineral composition, vitamins (niacin and ascorbic acid), protein fractions, amino acid profile …