Sorghum phytochemicals and their potential impact on human health.

By J. Awika, L. Rooney. Phytochemistry, 2004

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Subfields: Biochemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics, Surgery

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Citations in the corpus

• Nutritional and Rheological Properties of Sorghum (2009, background): “Grain sorghum contains phenolic compounds like flavonoids which have been found to inhibit tumor development,([3]) and the diversity of phenolic compounds in sorghum and their nutritional chsignificance has been reported.([17]) Studies of the mature sorghum grain structure show that the embryo const”
• Sorghum: An Underutilized Cereal Whole Grain with the Potential to Assist in the Prevention of Chronic Disease (2015, positive): “The type of phytochemicals in some sorghum varieties have been purported to reduce the risk of certain types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes.((10)) Sorghum also has decreased starch and protein digestibility in vitro, and is high in dietary fiber and resistant starch and this”
• Important Flavonoids and Their Role as a Therapeutic Agent (2020, background): “Sorghum has a high antioxidant activity in vitro [87].”
• Assessing sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) germplasm for new traits: food, fuels & unique uses (2011, background): “Tannin sorghums have very high levels of antioxidants with levels in the bran that are comparable to blueberries (Waniska, 2000; Awika and Rooney, 2004; Awika et al, 2003, 2004; Hagerman et al, 1998).”
• Novel food and non-food uses for sorghum and millets. (2006, background): “A significant proportion of sorghum varieties, both types II and III, contain condensed tannins, which are located in the testa (seed coat) layers of the grain (Awika and Rooney, 2004).”
• Sorghum genotype may reduce low-grade inflammatory response and oxidative stress and maintains jejunum morphology of rats fed a hyperlipidic diet (2012, background): “It may, therefore, be useful for reducing the risk of chronic diseases (Awika & Rooney, 2004).”