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Therapeutic Properties of Fermented Foods and Beverages
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Preeti Birwal, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants for Human Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2023
Legumes contains complex sugars, such as, oligosaccharides, oligo-fructo-saccharides and anti- nutrient factors, which lead to allergic reactions and disorders. Fermentation of legumes neutralizes anti-nutrient compounds and improves the nutrient bioavailability of the food. The examples of important legume-based (black gram, soybean, etc.) local foods and beverages in India are: vada,137maseura or masyaura or dhalbodi or sandige,21, 22wari,46, 148jalebi,18, 20, 148aakhone or axone,84, 166bekang,21, 22, 168hawaija,56,65,144,166kinema,136, 160, 162peruyaan,14, 144 and tungrymbai.21, 22, 56
Edible Pulses: Part of A Balanced Diet to Manage Cancer
Published in Rohit Dutt, Anil K. Sharma, Raj K. Keservani, Vandana Garg, Promising Drug Molecules of Natural Origin, 2020
Vandana Garg, Kripi Vohra, Harish Dureja
V. mungo, also known as urad bean and black gram, possess anticancer activity. The methanol extract obtained from the stem and leaves of Urad bean possesses cytotoxic activity. This was confirmed by brine shrimp lethality bioassay, where the lethal concentration 50 (LC50) value of leaf extract (4.52 μg/ml) and stem extract (3.25μg/ml) was compared with standard vincristine sulfate (0.67μg/ml) against Artemia salina (Nasrin et al., 2015).
Diabetes and Phytopharmaceuticals: Translational Pharmacology Perspective
Published in Vikas Kumar, Addepalli Veeranjaneyulu, Herbs for Diabetes and Neurological Disease Management, 2018
Priyanka Ingle-Jadhav, Trupti Rajkumar Angolkar, Ginpreet Kaur
It has been shown to modulate acetylcholinesterase and hyperglycemia activities in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes.1 Thus black gram can also be a prospective dietary factor in ameliorating the risk of diabetes occurrences and lowering blood glucose levels. As such, the seeds earn scientific consideration toward finding the mechanism responsible for the treating the hyperglycemia.7
Probiotics of Diverse Origin and Their Therapeutic Applications: A Review
Published in Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2020
Monika Yadav, Pratyoosh Shukla
Plants synthesize a wide range of secondary metabolites such as ANFs and some of them take part in the protection against different types of pathogenic microorganisms. They also help in detoxification of harmful substances present in food (63). Animals consume plants for energy but sometimes they cause adverse physiological effects on animal health due to antinutritional compounds. The ANF’s are referred to as defense metabolites having specific biological effects depending upon specific structural compounds, which vary with the high composition of food (64). It has been shown that Lactobacillus plantarum is a versatile probiotic that lowers the antinutritional factors and unwanted materials from food. It also helps in controlling the harmful detoxifying substances present in food (65). The antinutritional factors including phytin, trypsin inhibitors, saponin and lactin, etc are available in legumes and grains of plants. People usually consume legumes such as soybean, black gram, chickpea, etc mainly for dietary proteins and high calories. Certain legume has a toxic compound (Kesari dhal), saponin may cause lathyrism (paralytic disease), nausea, and vomiting (66). A human gut bears a wide array of microorganisms and many of them are helpful in the reduction of antinutritional factors. Especially, Lactobacillus species (Lactobacillus plantarum) and enzyme released by this bacterium can enhance the nutritional quality of the food (38).
Characterization of 60CO γ-ray induced pod trait of blackgram-A promising yield mutants
Published in International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2020
K. Yasmin, D. Arulbalachandran, E. Dilipan, S. Vanmathi
Blackgram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) is the staple pulse crops cultivated in the Indian subcontinent, and it belongs to the family Leguminosae and subfamily Papilionaceae. It has an abundant protein (20.8–30.5%) and carbohydrate (56.5–63.7%) content with a good source of phosphoric acid and calcium with a wide range of nutrients (Ramya et al. 2014). In Indian agriculture, it occupies a unique position, and it covers 3.24 million hectares and produces 1.46 million tons and its productivity nearly 526 Kilogram/Hectare (kg/ha). In Tamil Nadu, (India) blackgram covers about 341000 hectares with a production of 121000 tons and 335 kg/ha. In total production of blackgram, central and southern parts of the country contribute nearly 70% of crop yield (Indian Institute of Pulses Research (2011); Jayamani et al. (2012). Due to restricting and marginal land cultivation and lack of genetic variability and absence of ideotypes for various cropping systems, the capital productivity is only around 500 kg/ha; thus, it causes low harvest index and susceptibility to pests and disease (Pawar 2001; Rizwana et al. 2005).
Effects of gamma radiation (γ) on biochemical and antioxidant properties in black gram (Vigna mungo L. Hepper)
Published in International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2019
K. Yasmin, D. Arulbalachandran, V. Soundarya, S. Vanmathi
Black gram (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) variety Vamban-4 were obtained from National Pulses Research Center (NPRC), Vamban, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. The genotype was subjected to physical mutagenesis to induce the variability of morphogenetic characteristics, cellular metabolites, free radical accumulation, and antioxidant activities.