Millets: a solution to agrarian and nutritional challenges

A Kumar, V Tomer, A Kaur, V Kumar, K Gupta - Agriculture & food security, 2018 - Springer
World is facing agrarian as well as nutritional challenges. Agricultural lands with irrigation
facilities have been exploited to maximum, and hence we need to focus on dry lands to …

Millet grains: nutritional quality, processing, and potential health benefits

ASM Saleh, Q Zhang, J Chen… - … reviews in food science …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In the 21st century, climate changes, water scarcity, increasing world population, rising food
prices, and other socioeconomic impacts are expected to generate a great threat to …

Health benefits of finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) polyphenols and dietary fiber: a review

PB Devi, R Vijayabharathi, S Sathyabama… - Journal of food science …, 2014 - Springer
The growing public awareness of nutrition and health care research substantiates the
potential of phytochemicals such as polyphenols and dietary fiber on their health beneficial …

Anthocyanins in cereals: Composition and health effects

F Zhu - Food Research International, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Coloured (black, purple, blue, pink, red, and brown) cereal grains have gained
much attention recently due to attractive nutritional values. A major type of pigments …

Nutritional and functional roles of millets—A review

S Nithiyanantham, P Kalaiselvi… - Journal of food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The available cultivable plant‐based food resources in developing tropical countries are
inadequate to supply proteins for both human and animals. Such limition of available plant …

Some physical and functional properties of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) obtained in sub-Saharan Africa

SE Ramashia, ET Gwata, S Meddows-Taylor… - Food Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
The study determined the physical properties of finger millet (FM)(Eluesine coracana) grains
and the functional properties of FM flour. Physical properties such as colour attributes …

Root-hair endophyte stacking in finger millet creates a physicochemical barrier to trap the fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum

WK Mousa, C Shearer, V Limay-Rios, CL Ettinger… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The ancient African crop, finger millet, has broad resistance to pathogens including the
toxigenic fungus Fusarium graminearum. Here, we report the discovery of a novel plant …

Food to food fortification of breads and biscuits with herbs, spices, millets and oilseeds on bio-accessibility of calcium, iron and zinc and impact of proteins, fat and …

D Agrahar-Murugkar - Lwt, 2020 - Elsevier
The study evaluated substituting refined wheat flour (RWF) with malted finger-millet,
oilseeds, spices and herbs to improve Ca, Fe and Zn and its bio-accessibility in breads and …

[PDF][PDF] Nutritional composition, functional properties and food applications of millet grains

CR Abah, CN Ishiwu, JE Obiegbuna… - Asian Food Science …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Millet is an important nutritious ancient minor cereal food crop. This work reviews the
composition, functional properties and food application of millet grains. The review shows …

[PDF][PDF] Functional and phytochemical properties of finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) for health

M SK, K Sudha - … journal of pharmaceutical, chemical and biology …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Finger millet is native of Ethiopia, but spread out to Asia few thousand years ago. The
growing public awareness of nutrition and health care research substantiates the potential of …