Sesame seed lignans: Potent physiological modulators and possible ingredients in functional foods & nutraceuticals

Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition and Agriculture

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-29

  Kamal Eldin, Afaf ^a,b   Moazzami, Ali ^a   Washi, Sidiga ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Functional foods; Lignans; Nutraceuticals; Sesame; Sesamin; Sesaminol glucosides; Sesamolin

Indexed keywords

ALIAS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIGNAN;

AGING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; PATENT; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SESAME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; LIGNANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; PATENTS AS TOPIC; SEEDS; SESAMUM;

EID: 79955006445     PISSN: 22127984     EISSN: 18761429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2212798411103010017     Document Type: Review

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