The nutraceutical properties and health benefits of pseudocereals: a comprehensive treatise

Bioactive Compounds and Therapeutics from Fish: Revisiting Their Suitability in Functional Foods to Enhance Human Wellbeing

“…Nutraceuticals, which combine two words, nutrient and medicinal component (pharmaceutical) [ 9 ], simply depict food extracts/products that possess health benefits, ranging from delivery in the form of functional foods/ingredients to disease prevention/treatment [ 2 ]. Nutraceuticals, including vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids, from different sources have strong health improvement properties and can delay the process of aging, increase life expectancy, prevent chronic diseases, and/or improve the body function/structure [ 4 , 10 ]. Currently, nutraceuticals have gained many interests because of their potent nutritional properties, therapeutic effects, and relative safety.…”

“…Hence, scientists constantly explore these bioactive constituents/therapeutic potentials to improve populace health and quality of life [1,2]. The beneficial effects of bioactive compounds happen through such physiological mechanisms as antioxidant activity, hormonal actions, and immune system enhancement to facilitate substance transit via the digestive tract, colonic butyric acid production, and (gut) absorption/dilution [3,4]. Fish products, in addition to providing bioactive constituent of nutritional/therapeutic values that improve human wellbeing, remain conventionally cheap protein sources [5][6][7][8].…”

In-depth morphological assessment revealed significant genetic variability in common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) and tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) germplasm

“…Bioactive compounds, such as rutin, quercetin and many other antioxidants present in buckwheat, help to reduce oxidative stress in the body, leading to better health for consumers. Moreover, buckwheat has a high quantity of soluble fibre, which helps regulate bowel movement and controls hypercholesterolemia (presence of high plasma cholesterol levels), hypertension (high blood pressure) and cardiovascular diseases (Shahbaz et al ., 2022). Buckwheat also has been paid consideration owing to its feeding worth in contemporary times due to its extraordinary content of starch, microelements, lysine and methionine (Bonafaccia et al ., 2003).…”

Nutritional and bioactive characteristics of buckwheat, and its potential for developing gluten‐free products: An updated overview

“…Buckwheat flavonoids can act as scavengers against free radicals due to their ease of oxidation (Zhou et al, 2018). Buckwheat flavonoids have a molecular structure that supports the concept of an active phenolic hydroxyl group capable of scavenging free radicals and preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, aging, and cerebrovascular and degenerative diseases (Li et al, 2017;Shahbaz et al, 2022).…”