Seafood as functional food

Fenugreek: Potential Applications as a Functional Food and Nutraceutical

Fenugreek (Trigonella  foenum graecum), native to southern Europe and Asia, is an annual herb with white flowers and hard, yellowish brown and angular seeds, known from ancient times, for nutritional value beside of its medicinal effects. Fenugreek seeds are rich source of gum, fiber, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins and volatile content. Due to its high content of fiber, fenugreek could be...

Flaxseed as a functional food source

Indigenous mucuna tempe as functional food.

The aim of the present study was to obtain the nutritive and bioactive compounds of mucuna tempe and the consumer preference of its formulated snack. The tempe was made traditionally from mucuna prurience seeds using 'ragi tempe' as inoculants. Proximate, vitamin, mineral and dietary fibre analysis was done using the methods of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, isoflavone was ana...

Evaluation of the Cake Quality Made from Acorn-Wheat Flour Blends as a Functional Food

Regarding the nutritional value and availability of acorns in west and southwest of Iran, the effects of partial substitution of wheat flour with acorn flour was investigated. Wheat flour was replaced by treated acorn flour in the formulation of sponge cake and the quality characteristics were evaluated. Density of cakes was increased with increasing the acorn flour. As the substitution degree ...

fenugreek: potential applications as a functional food and nutraceutical

fenugreek (trigonella  foenum graecum), native to southern europe and asia, is an annual herb with white flowers and hard, yellowish brown and angular seeds, known from ancient times, for nutritional value beside of its medicinal effects. fenugreek seeds are rich source of gum, fiber, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins and volatile content. due to its high content of fiber, fenugreek could be used...