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Roots and Tubers
Published in Christopher Cumo, Ancestral Diets and Nutrition, 2020
The tuber, yielding more calories per hectare than any plant according to American plant pathologist Gail Lynn Schumann (b. 1951), held potential for feeding the masses.117 With dense nutrients, potatoes supplied more protein per unit land than any crop but cabbage and broad beans (Vicia faba)—also termed fava or faba beans—though the quality of potatoes’ protein, as a later paragraph indicates, is superior. American scholars Kenneth Franklin Kiple (1939–2016), Kriemhild Conee Ornelas, and Susan Campbell Bartoletti (b. 1958) esteemed the plant for providing the most nourishment per hectare.118 British botanist Helen Sanderson in 2005 lauded it as “particularly nutritious.”119 Potatoes’ value was evident to English physician Tobias Venner (1577–1660), who wrote in 1622 that they “wonderfully comfort, nourish and strengthen the bodie.”120
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. faba, also known as faba beans or dry broad bean, contains phytoconstituents which are responsible for the anticancer activity. Phenolic compounds containing extract inhibited the growth of many human cancer cell lines including bladder cancer cell line (BL-13), AGS, HepG-2, and HT-29. However, the negligible effect was observed on the non-transformed human cells (CCD-18Co). The extract showed apoptotic effects on acute promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cells (Siah et al., 2012).
The lymphoreticular system and bone marrow
Published in C. Simon Herrington, Muir's Textbook of Pathology, 2020
By far the most common of these is glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, which is endemic in parts of the Mediterranean basin and Southeast Asia. G6PD plays an important role in maintaining stores of glutathione, which helps prevent oxidation of haemoglobin. Therefore, any process that places an oxidative stress on red cells can cause a haemolytic episode. This can be an infection, exposure to drugs such as aspirin, sulphonamides, or antimalarials, and even ingestion of fava beans (favism).
Radiosensitivity of seedling traits to varying gamma doses, optimum dose determination and variation in determined doses due to different time of sowings after irradiation and methods of irradiation in faba bean genotypes
Published in International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2023
Rajdeep Guha Mallick, Subhradeep Pramanik, Manas Kumar Pandit, Akhilesh Kumar Gupta, Subhrajit Roy, Sanjay Jambhulkar, Ashutosh Sarker, Rajib Nath, Somnath Bhattacharyya
Faba bean, one of the oldest crops in the world (Singh et al. 2013; Karkanis et al. 2018), is considered to be originated in the Near East (Cubero 1974). This crop has got many uses from fodder to food, with a bountiful supply of medicinal properties. Green pods of faba bean are generally consumed after cooking and the seeds are generally marketed in fresh and frozen conditions (Khazaei et al. 2019). Faba bean is generally considered the main ingredient in the high protein and high-energy diets available at affordable prices (Salehi et al. 2021). Pulses have many advantages over cereals and their importance is being recognized in agriculture, horticulture and human diets (Foyer et al. 2016; Cooper et al. 2017). The crop contains a fair amount of protein, starch, fiber, minerals, vitamin C, lysine, arginine, isoflavones, and other antioxidants and phenolic compounds (Cooper et al. 2017; Johnson et al. 2020; Rahate et al. 2020; Sharan et al. 2021). Furthermore, faba bean is also used in the development of value-added foods (Johnson et al. 2020), meat and dairy alternatives (Boye et al. 2010; Multari et al. 2015; Singhal et al. 2016; Sharan et al. 2021). Due to its distinctive ability to harness atmospheric nitrogen, which is highest among all the winter pulses (Mekkei 2014), it is increasingly being used as an important component of the agricultural and horticultural cropping system (Jensen et al. 2010; Singh et al. 2013; Etemadi et al. 2018; Khazaei et al. 2019; Liu et al. 2019; Maalouf et al. 2019; Carrillo-Perdomo et al. 2020).
Efficacy of nano-silicon in the control of chocolate spot disease of Vicia faba L. caused by Botrytis fabae
Published in Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2020
Khadiga A. Hasan, Hoda Soliman, Zakaria Baka, Yasser M. Shabana
The importance of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is attributed to the constant usage as a source of protein (24–30%) in food and feed besides its ecological role in improving soil quality as a part of the nitrogen fixation process [1]. Faba bean is exposed to many abiotic and biotic stresses that negatively affect the final productions [2]. The cultivated area of bean plants around the world was reduced from 5 million in 1965 to 2.4 million hectares in 2016 due to many stresses that may be biotic and/or abiotic [3]. The disease of chocolate spot caused by B. fabae considered one of the most common diseases of faba bean in several regions throughout the world [4]. It resulted in a great damage in foliage, limit photosynthesis activity and causing great loss in the yield [5]. Thus, faba bean protection against this disease is important to overcome the increasing demand of this crop in Egypt [2].
Utility of TRAP markers to determine indel mutation frequencies induced by gamma-ray irradiation of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) seeds
Published in International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2019
Min-Kyu Lee, Jae Il Lyu, Min Jeong Hong, Dong-Gun Kim, Jung Min Kim, Jin-Baek Kim, Seok Hyun Eom, Bo-Keun Ha, Soon-Jae Kwon
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is an agriculturally important crop in China, Ethiopia, Australia, France, Morocco, and Egypt. It is the seventh most important pulse crop in the world after soy bean (Glycine max L.), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), pea (Pisum sativum L.), chick pea (Cicer arietinum L.), cow pea (Vigna unguiculata L.), and pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) (FAO 2017). Faba bean is rich in sugars and other nutritionally valuable compounds, including protein, fat, fiber, carbohydrates, and vitamins A, B1, B2, and C. Faba bean also contains L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA), which is a precursor of dopamine and a common ingredient in prescription drugs used to treat Parkinson’s disease (Randhir and Shetty 2003; Hu et al. 2015).