Role of lentils (Lens culinaris L.) in human health and nutrition: a review

MAIE Faris, HR Takruri, AY Issa - Mediterranean Journal of …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Humans have known lentils (Lens culinaris L.) since the dawn of civilization. The current
work is a comprehensive review of lentils composition, nutritional value, and health benefits …

Quercetin in cancer treatment, alone or in combination with conventional therapeutics?

A Filipa Brito, M Ribeiro… - Current medicinal …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Cancer is a problem of global importance, since the incidence is increasing worldwide and
therapeutic options are generally limited. Thus, it becomes imperative to find new …

Phenolic compounds: A good choice against chronic degenerative diseases

ML Luna-Guevara, JJ Luna-Guevara… - Studies in natural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Phenolic compounds are a group of metabolites derived from the secondary pathways of
plants. Polyphenols comprise flavonoids, phenolic acids, tannins, lignans, and coumarins …

Greater vegetable and fruit intake is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer among Chinese women

CX Zhang, SC Ho, YM Chen, JH Fu… - … journal of cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of vegetable and fruit consumption on breast cancer risk is controversial. We
examined the association between vegetable and fruit intake and breast cancer risk in a …

Determination of fourteen polyphenols in pulses by high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) and correlation study with antioxidant …

F Giusti, G Caprioli, M Ricciutelli, S Vittori, G Sagratini - Food chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Pulses, which include lentils, beans, chickpeas, peas, and soybeans, provide an important
source of proteins, dietary fibers, minerals and vitamins, as well as such important bioactive …

The role of pulses in improving human health: A review

C Didinger, HJ Thompson - Legume Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Public health concerns are discussed so frequently that it is beginning to cause
desensitization. And yet, rates of chronic disease remain alarmingly high worldwide—or are …

Comparative study on antiproliferation properties and cellular antioxidant activities of commonly consumed food legumes against nine human cancer cell lines

B Xu, SKC Chang - Food chemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
The aims of this work were to compare health promoting effects of commonly consumed food
legumes in terms of cancer cell proliferation inhibitory effects and cellular antioxidant …

Kaempferol and atherosclerosis: From mechanism to medicine

M Chen, J Xiao, HR El-Seedi, KS Woźniak… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Natural products possess pleiotropic cardiovascular protective effects owing to their anti-
oxidation, anti-inflammation and anti-thrombotic properties. Kaempferol,(3, 5, 7-trihydroxy-2 …

Flavonols and pancreatic cancer risk: the multiethnic cohort study

UTE Nöthlings, SP Murphy, LR Wilkens… - American journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Only a few prospective studies have investigated flavonols as risk factors for cancer, none of
which has included pancreatic cancer. The latter is usually fatal, rendering knowledge about …

Dietary isoflavones or isoflavone-rich food intake and breast cancer risk: A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

TT Zhao, F Jin, JG Li, YY Xu, HT Dong, Q Liu, P Xing… - Clinical nutrition, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & aims Previous studies implied that dietary isoflavone intake may reduce the
risk of developing breast cancer, but some have shown ambiguous results. This study aimed …