查看文章

In recent years, the demand for nutritious and healthy food is becoming more and more urgent with the increasing improvement of living standards and the continuous evolution of the disease spectrum. Highland barley cultivates in the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, as the smallest staple food cereals and the largest coarse cereals in China, has attracted much attention because of its unique nutritional value.

In this review, the nutrient composition, physiochemical properties of starch, protein, lipid and some major nutritional compounds such as active peptides, polyphenols, vitamins, unsaturated fatty acids, and β-glucan in highland barley and their potential nutritional beneficial effects on animals and human bodies are summarized. Furthermore, the current researches and applications of highland barley are also mentioned, and the outlook about further researches and process is raised as …