University Institute of Diet and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Lahore, Pakistan.
Department of Healthcare Biotechnology, Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2021;21(6):e170721189478. doi: 10.2174/1871526520999201224122605.
Buckwheat is a gluten-free pseudo-cereal that is a part of the Polygonaceae family. Grain of buckwheat is a highly healthy component of food and has been found to have a broad variety of beneficial effects. It is cultivated as grain in a popular buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) which has a secondary significance in many countries. It contains certain high-level nutritionally beneficial components and can have other characteristics as functional food. Buckwheat protein is of outstanding quality and, unlike popular cereals, is rich in essential amino acid, lysine. Health benefits of this plants include reducing plasma cholesterol level, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic effects and enhancing hypertension symptoms. Buckwheat is also used in gluten free diet in people with celiac disease and used in the alleviation of other common disease. It has also been recognized that buckwheat has a prebiotic and antioxidant activity. The key purpose of this review article is to analyze advanced work on the health benefits of buckwheat, concentrating on the particular function of its bioactive compounds and the process by which such effects are carried out.
荞麦是一种不含麸质的伪谷物,属于蓼科植物。荞麦粒是一种非常健康的食物成分,已被发现具有多种有益的作用。荞麦作为谷物在许多国家都有一定的重要意义。荞麦含有某些高水平的营养有益成分,并且可以作为功能性食品具有其他特性。荞麦蛋白的质量非常出色,与受欢迎的谷物不同,它富含必需氨基酸赖氨酸。这种植物的健康益处包括降低血浆胆固醇水平、抗炎、神经保护、抗癌、抗糖尿病作用以及增强高血压症状。荞麦也被用于乳糜泻患者的无麸质饮食中,并用于缓解其他常见疾病。荞麦还具有益生元和抗氧化活性。本文综述的主要目的是分析荞麦对健康的益处的最新研究进展,重点关注其生物活性化合物的特殊功能以及这些作用的实现过程。