Biofortified crops generated by breeding, agronomy, and transgenic approaches are improving lives of millions of people around the world

M Garg, N Sharma, S Sharma, P Kapoor… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Biofortification is an upcoming, promising, cost-effective, and sustainable technique of
delivering micronutrients to a population that has limited access to diverse diets and other …

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) and natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs): Designer solvents for green extraction of anthocyanin

M Meenu, V Bansal, S Rana, N Sharma… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthocyanins are extracted using organic solvents for their chemical or biological
applications. Recently, alternative solvents namely, ionic liquids (IL), deep eutectic solvents …

Bioactive compounds, nutritional benefits and food applications of colored wheat: A comprehensive review

P Saini, N Kumar, S Kumar, PW Mwaurah… - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The consumers' demands have changed from energy providing diet to a diet with a
balanced nutrient profile along with metabolic, physiological and functional health benefits …

Anthocyanins in whole grain cereals and their potential effect on health

A Francavilla, IJ Joye - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coloured (black, purple, blue, red, etc.) cereal grains, rich in anthocyanins, have recently
gained a lot of attention in the food industry. Anthocyanins are water-soluble flavonoids, and …

Diversity in grain, flour, amino acid composition, protein profiling, and proportion of total flour proteins of different wheat cultivars of North India

RA Siddiqi, TP Singh, M Rani, DS Sogi… - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Wheat cultivars grown at three different locations in North India were assessed for their
variability in kernel and flour characteristics. Protein and the wet and dry gluten contents of …

Bioactive compounds of pigmented wheat (Triticum aestivum): Potential benefits in human health

R Gupta, M Meghwal, PK Prabhakar - Trends in food science & technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Wheat is the most vital staple food; as far as worldwide production and
utilization are concern, it gives roughly 55% of the starches and over 20% of the food …

Comparison of total polyphenols, profile anthocyanins, color analysis, carotenoids and tocols in pigmented maize

S Suriano, C Balconi, P Valoti, R Redaelli - Lwt, 2021 - Elsevier
Total phenolics, flavonoids, anthocyanins, CIELAB color, tocols and carotenoids were
determined in whole kernels of four different pigmented (yellow, red, blue and purple) maize …

Rising demand for healthy foods-anthocyanin biofortified colored wheat is a new research trend

M Garg, S Kaur, A Sharma, A Kumari, V Tiwari… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Genetics and chemistry of pigments in wheat grain–A review

J Lachman, P Martinek, Z Kotíková, M Orsák… - Journal of Cereal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cereal grains contain many phytochemicals, some of which significantly influence the grain
colour. Anthocyanins are accumulated in the aleurone or pericarp layer and give blue …

Enhancing the nutritional quality of major food crops through conventional and genomics-assisted breeding

KB Gaikwad, S Rani, M Kumar, V Gupta… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nutritional stress is making over two billion world population malnourished. Either our
commercially cultivated varieties of cereals, pulses, and oilseed crops are deficient in …