Nutritional and health properties of pulses

Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-157

  Dilis, Vardis ^a   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Nutritional composition; Phytochemicals; Pulses

Indexed keywords

ACTEOSIDE; BOWMAN BIRK INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; ISOFLAVONE; LECTIN; LIGNAN; LIPID; OXALIC ACID; PHYTATE; PHYTIC ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYPHENOL; RAFFINOSE; SAPONIN; TANNIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGEVITY; LUPIN; MACRONUTRIENT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NEOPLASM; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEA; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; WELLBEING;

EID: 77949911976     PISSN: 1973798X     EISSN: 19737998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12349-008-0023-2     Document Type: Review

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