Cereal grains provide half of the calories consumed by humans. In addition, they contain
important compounds beneficial for health. During the last years, a broad spectrum of new …

Wheat is a vital and preferred energy source in many parts of the world. Its unique
processing quality helps prepare many products such as bread, biscuit, pasta, and noodles …

Colored wheats such as black, blue, or purple wheat are receiving a great interest as
healthy food ingredients due to their potential health-enhancing attributes. Purple wheat is …

Functional foods enriched with plant polyphenols and anthocyanins in particular attract
special attention due to multiple beneficial bioactive properties of the latter. We evaluated …

Background Hull colour is an important morphological marker for selection in seed
production of foxtail millet. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying hull colour …

In wheat, anthocyanin pigments can be accumulated in pericarp tissues (under control of the
Pp genes) resulting in purple-colored grain. In the current study, a strategy, based on the …

Twelve Triticum aestivum L. spp. aestivum varieties with pigmented grain, namely one red,
six purple, three blue, and two black, were grown in open fields over two consecutive years …

In recent years, there has been a focus on breeding wheat with high anthocyanin levels in
order to improve food quality and human health. The objective of this study was to examine …

Anthocyanins and melanins are phenolic pigments of plants and accumulate in seed
envelopes of the barley grain, thereby giving them a blue, purple, or black color. To explore …

Chronic undernourishment affects billions of people. The development of whole-grain food
with high nutritional quality may provide a valuable solution to nutritional security. Black …