Biofortification of staple crops to alleviate human malnutrition: contributions and potential in develo** countries

A Kiran, A Wakeel, K Mahmood, R Mubaraka, Hafsa… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Micronutrient malnutrition is a global health challenge affecting almost half of the global
population, causing poor physical and mental development of children and a wide range of …

Phytate: impact on environment and human nutrition. A challenge for molecular breeding

L Bohn, AS Meyer, SK Rasmussen - Journal of Zhejiang University …, 2008 - Springer
Phytic acid (PA) is the primary storage compound of phosphorus in seeds accounting for up
to 80% of the total seed phosphorus and contributing as much as 1.5% to the seed dry …

Variation in mineral micronutrient concentrations in grain of wheat lines of diverse origin

FJ Zhao, YH Su, SJ Dunham, M Rakszegi, Z Bedo… - Journal of cereal …, 2009 - Elsevier
150 lines of bread wheat representing diverse origin and 25 lines of durum, spelt, einkorn
and emmer wheat species were analysed for variation in micronutrient concentrations in …

Dry processes to develop wheat fractions and products with enhanced nutritional quality

Y Hemery, X Rouau, V Lullien-Pellerin, C Barron… - Journal of cereal …, 2007 - Elsevier
Numerous epidemiological studies have investigated the potential health benefits of
consuming more wholegrain foods. However, in Europe, most wheat-based food products …

Germination of cereal grains as a way to improve the nutritional value: a review

F Hübner, EK Arendt - Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Whole grain cereals have been found to be a good source of nutritionally valuable
substances, such as antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, and dietary fiber. A wide range of …

Mineral composition of organically grown wheat genotypes: contribution to daily minerals intake

A Hussain, H Larsson, R Kuktaite… - International journal of …, 2010 - mdpi.com
In this study, 321 winter and spring wheat genotypes were analysed for twelve nutritionally
important minerals (B, Cu, Fe, Se, Mg, Zn, Ca, Mn, Mo, P, S and K). Some of the genotypes …

Zinc in wheat grain, processing, and food

M Wang, F Kong, R Liu, Q Fan, X Zhang - Frontiers in nutrition, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Improving zinc (Zn) content in wheat and its processed foods is an effective way to solve
human Zn deficiency, which can cause a variety of diseases. This article summarizes the …

Modifying wheat bran to improve its health benefits

L Deroover, Y Tie, J Verspreet, CM Courtin… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Consumption of wheat bran (WB) has been associated with improved gastrointestinal health
and a reduced risk for colorectal cancer, cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders …

Quantitative trait loci for biofortification traits in maize grain

D Šimić, S Mladenović Drinić, Z Zdunić… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Detecting genes that influence biofortification traits in cereal grain could help increase the
concentrations of bioavailable mineral elements in crops to solve the global mineral …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolomic analysis of the grain pearling fractions of six bread wheat varieties

A Zhu, Q Zhou, S Hu, F Wang, Z Tian, X Hu, H Liu… - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Bread wheat is a staple food crop that is consumed worldwide. In this study, using widely
targeted LC-MS/MS, we conducted a high-throughput metabolomic analysis and determined …