Nutraceutical crop buckwheat: a concealed wealth in the lap of Himalayas

Kumari, Anita; Chaudhary, H. K.

doi:10.1080/07388551.2020.1747387

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“…The ten articles were ( Rigat et al, 2009 ; Dansi et al, 2012 ; Donno et al, 2015 ; Bhartiya et al, 2015 ; Campanaro et al, 2019 ; Deb et al, 2019 ; Lambein et al, 2019 ; Donno and Turrini, 2020 ; Kumari and Chaudhary, 2020 ; Udeh et al, 2020 )…”

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Neglected and Underutilised Crops: A Systematic Review of Their Potential as Food and Herbal Medicinal Crops in South Africa

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The African continent harbours many native species with nutraceutical and pharmaceutical potential. This study reviewed underutilised crops in South Africa to determine their potential as food and herbal medicinal crops. Over 5,000 species have been identified and earmarked for their medical attributes in formal and informal setups. Researchers, plant breeders and policymakers have mostly ignored the development potential of these crops. Consequently, their value chains are poorly developed. In South Africa, there is a wide range of neglected and underutilised crops, which were historically popular and used by communities; however, over the years, they have lost their status within farming systems and been relegated to the status of neglected and underutilised. Recently, driven by the need to transition to more sustainable and resilient food systems, there has been renewed interest in their potential as food and herbal medicinal crops to establish new value chains that include vulnerable groups. They are now gaining global attention, and their conservation and sustainable utilisation are now being prioritized. The review confirmed that several of these crops possess nutraceutical and pharmaceutical properties, highlighting their potential for development as food and herbal medicines. However, current production levels are too low to meet the requirements for industrial development; research and development should focus on all aspects of their value chain, from crop improvement to utilisation. A transdisciplinary approach involving a wide range of actors is needed to develop the identified neglected and underutilised crops’ potential as food and herbal medicinal crops and support the development of new and inclusive value chains.

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Neglected and Underutilised Crops: A Systematic Review of Their Potential as Food and Herbal Medicinal Crops in South Africa

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“…In this regard, squalene is an inhibitor of mRNA expression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A, a key reductase enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis [23]. Rutin, a glucoside flavonoid with numerous pharmacological activities present in buckwheat including its seed [24] shows many benefits such as its anticarcinogenic capacity in numerous types of cancer, neuroprotective and cardioprotective activities, including antihypertensive and anticoagulant effects [25]. Cinnamic acids (hydroxycinnamic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid and chlorogenic acids), coumarins and isocoumarins contains in pseudocereals have shown high antioxidant activity.…”

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Current Advances Research in Nutraceutical Compounds of Legumes, Pseudocereals and Cereals

Priego-Poyato¹,

Rodrigo-Garcia²,

Escudero-Feliú³

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Grain and Seed Proteins Functionality

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The increase of the Western-type diet and life-style, with high content of highly processed fats, salt and sugar, as well as sedentary life, is directly linked to an increasing incidence of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, cancer, cardiovascular diseases or stroke, and inflammatory-related diseases, which are a great challenge in global health and are usually associated with negative effects of globalization: rapid urbanization, diet and increased sedentary life worldwide. This has brought new interest and increased research into plant-based diets. In this context, the implementation in the diet of legumes, cereals and pseudo-cereals, due to their nutraceutical properties, which is interesting as well as advisable. These foods, in addition of having a high nutritional value themselves, have synergistic properties as part of a balanced diet. For example, most legumes are rich in lysine which is scarce in cereals, and these are rich in sulphur amino acids, such as methionine, while these amino acids are scarce in legumes and are of great importance for the central nervous system development. These foods or part of a food, due to their qualities, and that they provide health benefits can be classified as nutraceuticals. In addition, due to their health benefits beyond nutritional properties, can be classified as functional foods, promoting prevention and treatment for the above mentioned diseases, among others. This double function is due mainly to the proteins and the presence of various secondary metabolites and bioactive compounds in these foods of plant (grain and seed) origin. Last discovered knowledge and research features will be described in the present book chapter.

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“…The genus Fagopyrum includes 21 species [1,10]. Two of these, Fagopyrum esculentum and F. tataricum, are used in human nutrition, and the wild species Fagopyrum cymosum is used in traditional Chinese human and veterinary medicines.…”

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Tartary Buckwheat in Human Nutrition

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Golob

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Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) originates in mountain areas of western China, and it is mainly cultivated in China, Bhutan, northern India, Nepal, and central Europe. Tartary buckwheat shows greater cold resistance than common buckwheat, and has traits for drought tolerance. Buckwheat can provide health benefits due to its contents of resistant starch, mineral elements, proteins, and in particular, phenolic substances, which prevent the effects of several chronic human diseases, including hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and gallstone formation. The contents of the flavonoids rutin and quercetin are very variable among Tartary buckwheat samples from different origins and parts of the plants. Quercetin is formed after the degradation of rutin by the Tartary buckwheat enzyme rutinosidase, which mainly occurs after grain milling during mixing of the flour with water. High temperature treatments of wet Tartary buckwheat material prevent the conversion of rutin to quercetin.

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Nutraceutical crop buckwheat: a concealed wealth in the lap of Himalayas

Cited by 27 publications

References 85 publications

Neglected and Underutilised Crops: A Systematic Review of Their Potential as Food and Herbal Medicinal Crops in South Africa

Neglected and Underutilised Crops: A Systematic Review of Their Potential as Food and Herbal Medicinal Crops in South Africa

Current Advances Research in Nutraceutical Compounds of Legumes, Pseudocereals and Cereals

Tartary Buckwheat in Human Nutrition

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