Healthy and resilient cereals and pseudo-cereals for marginal agriculture: molecular advances for improving nutrient bioavailability

JP Rodríguez, H Rahman, S Thushar… - Frontiers in genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
With the ever-increasing world population, an extra 1.5 billion mouths need to be fed by
2050 with continuously dwindling arable land. Hence, it is imperative that extra food come …

Prospects and potentials of underutilized leafy Amaranths as vegetable use for health-promotion

U Sarker, YP Lin, S Oba, Y Yoshioka… - Plant Physiology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change causes environmental variation worldwide, which is one of the most serious
threats to global food security. In addition, more than 2 billion people in the world are …

[HTML][HTML] Modifying the structure, physicochemical properties, and foaming ability of amaranth protein by dual pH-shifting and ultrasound treatments

JJ Figueroa-González, C Lobato-Calleros… - Lwt, 2022 - Elsevier
Native amaranth protein (AP N) is a nutritional ingredient with potential applications for the
structuration and functionalization of food products. However, its solubility is poor, which …

Phytonutrients, Colorant Pigments, Phytochemicals, and Antioxidant Potential of Orphan Leafy Amaranthus Species

U Sarker, MG Rabbani, S Oba, WM Eldehna… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The underutilized Amaranthus leafy vegetables are a unique basis of pigments such as β-
cyanins, β-xanthins, and betalains with radical scavenging capacity (RSC). They have …

Salt Eustress Induction in Red Amaranth (Amaranthus gangeticus) Augments Nutritional, Phenolic Acids and Antiradical Potential of Leaves

U Sarker, S Ercisli - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Earlier researchers have highlighted the utilization of salt eustress for boosting the
nutritional and phenolic acid (PA) profiles and antiradical potential (ARP) of vegetables …

[HTML][HTML] Amaranth and quinoa as potential nutraceuticals: A review of anti-nutritional factors, health benefits and their applications in food, medicinal and cosmetic …

N Jan, SZ Hussain, B Naseer, TA Bhat - Food chemistry: X, 2023 - Elsevier
Amaranth and quinoa are small-seeded grains with high nutritional and phytochemical
profiles that promote numerous health benefits and offer protection against various chronic …

Colorant Pigments, Nutrients, Bioactive Components, and Antiradical Potential of Danta Leaves (Amaranthus lividus)

U Sarker, MA Iqbal, MN Hossain, S Oba, S Ercisli… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the Indian subcontinent, danta (stems) of underutilized amaranth are used as vegetables
in different culinary dishes. At the edible stage of the danta, leaves are discarded as waste in …

Characterisation of nutrient profile of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa), amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus), and purple corn (Zea mays L.) consumed in the North of …

AC Nascimento, C Mota, I Coelho, S Gueifão, M Santos… - Food chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Quinoa, amaranth and purple corn are Andean cereals largely consumed in North of
Argentina. Nutrient analysis with the purpose of inclusion in the Argentinean FCDB and e …

Nutritional composition, functionality, and processing technologies for amaranth

M Malik, R Sindhu, SB Dhull, C Bou-Mitri… - Journal of Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The current production levels of the major staple food crops are not sufficient to fulfill the
projected global food requirements, with more than 75% of total grain production being …

From zero to hero: the past, present and future of grain amaranth breeding

DC Joshi, S Sood, R Hosahatti, L Kant… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2018 - Springer
Key message Grain amaranth is an underutilized crop with high nutritional quality from the
Americas. Emerging genomic and biotechnological tools are becoming available that allow …