Pseudocereal grains: Nutritional value, health benefits and current applications for the development of gluten-free foods

C Martínez-Villaluenga, E Peñas… - Food and Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, consumers are more conscious of the environmental and nutritional benefits of
foods. Pseudocereals grains, edible seeds belonging to dicotyledonous plant species, are …

State of knowledge on amaranth grain: a comprehensive review

VM Caselato‐Sousa, J Amaya‐Farfán - Journal of food science, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Amaranth grain is a highly nutritional pseudocereal with a superior amount of proteins when
compared to true cereals. It is a reasonably well‐balanced food with functional properties …

Recent advances in food biopeptides: Production, biological functionalities and therapeutic applications

S Saadi, N Saari, F Anwar, AA Hamid… - Biotechnology advances, 2015 - Elsevier
The growing momentum of several common life-style diseases such as myocardial
infarction, cardiovascular disorders, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and atherosclerosis has …

Amaranth proteins as potential source of bioactive peptides with enhanced inhibition of enzymatic markers linked with hypertension and diabetes

H Kamal, P Mudgil, B Bhaskar, AF Fisayo… - Journal of Cereal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The health and environmental concerns are provoking changes in human diets and plant-
based proteins are being considered as sustainable source of proteins compared to animal …

Identification of Bioactive Peptide Sequences from Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) Seed Proteins and Their Potential Role in the Prevention of Chronic …

A Montoya‐Rodríguez… - … Reviews in Food …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) is a pseudocereal with higher protein
concentration than most cereal grains. Enzymatic hydrolysis and food processing could …

High angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity of Alcalase-digested green soybean (Glycine max) hydrolysates

MA Hanafi, SN Hashim, SY Chay… - Food Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
As a protein-rich, underutilized crop, green soybean could be exploited to produce
hydrolysates containing angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides. Defatted …

Functional properties of amaranth, quinoa and chia proteins and the biological activities of their hydrolyzates

DN López, M Galante, G Raimundo, D Spelzini… - Food Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Amaranth, quinoa and chia are non-conventional sources of proteins whose interest has
increased in recent years due to their excellent nutritional value. Vegetable proteins can be …

Exploration of the nutritional and functional properties of underutilized grains as an alternative source for the research of food-derived bioactive peptides

S Fernández-Tomé, TJ Ashaolu… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The estimated increase in world population will lead to a deterioration in global food
security, aggravated in developing countries by hidden hunger resulting from protein …

Release of multifunctional peptides from kiwicha (Amaranthus caudatus) protein under in vitro gastrointestinal digestion

R Vilcacundo, C Martínez‐Villaluenga… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The multifactorial origin of many chronic diseases provides a new
framework for the development of multifunctional foods. In this study, the effect of in vitro …

Amaranth as a source of antihypertensive peptides

AE Nardo, S Suárez, AV Quiroga… - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Amaranth is an ancestral crop used by pre-Columbian cultures for 6000 to 8000 years. Its
grains have a relevant chemical composition not only from a nutritional point of view but also …