Role of lentils (Lens culinaris L.) in human health and nutrition: A review

Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-16

  Faris, Mo'Ez Al Islam Ezzat ^a,b   Takruri, Hamed Rabah ^c   Issa, Ala Yousef ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PETRA   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Bioactive peptides; Functional foods; Health; Lentils (Lens culinaris L.); Nutritional value; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; DEFENSIN; FLAVONOID; IRON; LECTIN; LIPID; MINERAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHYTIC ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYPHENOL; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SELENIUM; STARCH; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOMEDICINE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LENTIL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 84876692861     PISSN: 1973798X     EISSN: 19737998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12349-012-0109-8     Document Type: Review

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