Saponins in pulses and their health promoting activities: A review

Food Chemistry

Volumn 233, Issue , 2017, Pages 540-549

  Singh, Balwinder ^a   Singh, Jatinder Pal ^b   Singh, Narpinder ^b   Kaur, Amritpal ^b  

^a KHALSA COLLEGE   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Cooking; Health benefits; Processing; Pulses; Saponins

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; COOKING; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASES; METABOLITES; PROCESSING; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

CANCER CELL LINES; HEALTH BENEFITS; HEALTH PROMOTING ACTIVITY; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; PLASMA CHOLESTEROL; PULSES; SAPONINS; SURFACE-ACTIVE PROPERTY;

HEALTH;

SAPONIN;

FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; FABACEAE; FOOD HANDLING;

FABACEAE; FOOD HANDLING; SAPONINS;

EID: 85018416827     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.04.161     Document Type: Review

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