Polyphenols are plant metabolites with potent anti-oxidant properties, which help to reduce
the effects of oxidative stress-induced dreaded diseases. The evidence demonstrated that …

Background: Cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and
proliferation. It has become a major health problem in the past decades and is now the …

Beans, the variants of Phaseolus vulagris, are nutritionally and economically important food
crop in each part of the world. Besides providing nutrients such as multifaceted …

The control of cancer, the second leading cause of death worldwide, may benefit from the
potential that resides in alternative therapies. The primary carcinogens stem from a variety of …

As Mexico is located within Mesoamerica, it is considered the site where the bean plant
originated and where it was domesticated. Beans have been an integral part of the Mexican …

Beans were pearled to evaluate the feasibility of increasing antioxidant activity and phenolic
antioxidants. Phenolics were concentrated mostly in the hull fraction at about 56 mg of …

Although seeds have been the subject of extensive studies for many years, their seed coats
are just beginning to be examined from the perspective of molecular genetics and control of …

Dry beans are rich sources of dietary fiber and phytochemicals such as flavonoids and
phenolics. In the current study, we determined the effects of two processing methods …

Six bean cultivars grown in southern Manitoba for 2 years were evaluated for variability in
yield of millstreams and phenolic constituents. The ethanolic extract of bean cultivars and …

Qualitative and quantitative high performance liquid chromatography with diode array
detection (HPLC-DAD) was performed to characterize the presence of phenolic compounds …