In most crop breeding programs, the rate of yield increment is insufficient to cope with the
increased food demand caused by a rapidly expanding global population. In plant breeding …

Natural pigments are largely distributed in the plant kingdom. They belong to diverse
groups, with distinct biochemical pathways. Betalains with colours that range from yellow to …

Earlier researchers have highlighted the utilization of salt eustress for boosting the
nutritional and phenolic acid (PA) profiles and antiradical potential (ARP) of vegetables …

Climate change causes environmental variation worldwide, which is one of the most serious
threats to global food security. In addition, more than 2 billion people in the world are …

The underutilized Amaranthus leafy vegetables are a unique basis of pigments such as β-
cyanins, β-xanthins, and betalains with radical scavenging capacity (RSC). They have …

In the Indian subcontinent, danta (stems) of underutilized amaranth are used as vegetables
in different culinary dishes. At the edible stage of the danta, leaves are discarded as waste in …

Plant based green synthesis approaches are gaining prominence due to their simplicity, cost-
effectiveness, ecological friendliness, commercial scalability, efficiency in large scale …

This chapter addresses the value of different Amaranthus [L.] species that have been
recorded in Nigeria. These are Amaranthus blitum, A. dubius, A. caudatus, A. cruentus, A …

The objective of this study was to evaluate mineral, vitamin C, phenolic and flavonoid
concentrations and antioxidant activity levels in 15 leafy Amaranthus species. Across …

Abstract Amaranthus caudatus L.(Amaranthaceae), commonly known as kiwicha, is
considered as one of the few multipurpose pseudocereal crops which supply higher …