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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Botany, Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activities of Quinoa.

M Iftikhar Hussain, Muhammad Farooq, Qamar Abbas Syed, Anum Ishaq, Abdullah Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Ashraf A Hatamleh

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

M Iftikhar HussainDepartment of Plant Biology & Soil Science, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas, Marcosende, s/n, 36310 Vigo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9710-3801
Muhammad FarooqDepartment of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoudh 123, Oman.ORCID 0000-0003-4368-9357
Qamar Abbas SyedNational Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-3667-3245
Anum IshaqSchool of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Management & Technology, Johar Town, Lahore 54770, Pakistan.
Abdullah Ahmed Al-GhamdiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Ashraf A HatamlehDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9623-3110
King Saud University · SASultan Qaboos University · OMUniversidade de Vigo · ESUniversity of Agriculture Faisalabad · PKUniversity of Management and Technology · PK

Funding

King Saud University RG-1440-054
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quinoa is a climate-resilient food grain crop that has gained significant importance in the last few years due to its nutritional composition, phytochemical properties and associated health benefits. Quinoa grain is enriched in amino acids, fiber, minerals, phenolics, saponins, phytosterols and vitamins. Quinoa possesses different human-health promoting biological substances and nutraceutical molecules. This review synthesizes and summarizes recent findings regarding the nutrition and phytochemical properties of quinoa grains and discusses the associated biological mechanisms. Quinoa grains and grain-based supplements are useful in treating different biological disorders of the human body. Quinoa is being promoted as an exceptionally healthy food and a gluten-free super grain. Quinoa could be used as a biomedicine due to the presence of functional compounds that may help to prevent various chronic diseases. Future research needs to explore the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical aspects of quinoa that might help to control different chronic diseases and to promote human health.

Indexed as

anti-oxidantsnutrientsphytochemicalsphytosterolsquinoa grains

Identifiers

PMID34834624
PMCPMC8624085
OpenAlexW3208519730

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