Current Issue : January-March Volume : 2011 Issue Number : 1 Articles : 3 Articles
The importance of nutrition throughout the life cycle is undeniable. After all, people must eat to live. However, the significance of nutrition during specific times of growth, development, and aging is becoming increasingly appreciated. Different agencies have strive hard to ensure the safety of the food supply and for making adequate nutrients available to high risk segments of the population. Among different nutrient related deficiencies, PEM is widespread among the poor of developing countries. Since animal protein is beyond the reach of this group, their primary protein supply comes from plant based products. Among these, horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) commonly known as kulthi in India, is an important legume grown by small-scale farmer in arid areas of this country. It has been identified as a potential food resource of the tropics by the National Academy of Science Of USA. Horse gram is cheap and under explored legume crop rich in protein, calcium, iron and vitamins. Antinutritional factors like trypsin inhibitors, chymotrypsin, lectins, phytic acid, polyphenols, hemagglutins and oligosaccharides are present which can be reduced below their mischief potential through processing treatment. Besides this horse gram is capable to prevent Kidney stone, urinary discharges, obesity and irregular menstruation. Nourishing and therapeutic potential of horse gram if harnessed adequately, can act as a catalyst in improving the health of have-not masses....
Phycocyanin is a phycobiliprotein that has been recently reported to exhibit a variety of pharmacological properties. Which have attracted attention because of their nutritional value and medicinal properties, at present there is a mass of evidence in favor of the antioxidant properties of Phycocyanin, Studies have shown, by different experimental models, the aim of the review was to evaluate the effects of phycocyanin of S. platensis. Besides, we tried to demonstrate that one of the main components responsible for this antioxidant activity is a biliprotein phycocyanin. For this purpose, we reviewed the antioxidant activity of different fractions of the phycocyanin, through the scavenger activity of hydroxyl radical. We also observed that an increase in phycocyanin content was related to an increase in the antioxidant activity in different fractions, and therefore phycobiliprotein phycocyanin is the component mainly responsible for the antioxidant activity...
Milk is one of the oldest functional foods available to mammals. From birth, mammals rely on mother’s milk for nutrition and immune protection whey is such an amazing superfood that it even contains powerful immunological factors such as glutamine, glutathione, lactoferrin, alpha-lactalbumin and the immunoglobulins Igg, Iga and Igm. These compounds contribute to immune modulating activities, such as protecting the body from foreign organisms and increasing the activity of immune response cells, in turn fighting with diseases like hepatitis, cancer, HIV, osteoporosis, ulcer etc...
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