Publications by authors named "Gurkanwal Kaur"
This review discusses the Finger millet's rich nutritional profile, bioactive potential, and industrial applications, combined with its climate resilience, which make it a promising crop for enhancing food security and promoting sustainable agriculture. This review also highlights its significant potential to address malnutrition and mitigate climate change impacts. The emergence of Finger millet from "poor man's staple food" to "a nutrient rich cereal" has encouraged the need to explore this crop at a wider scale.
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- There is an increasing need to incorporate underutilized crops like perilla seeds into mainstream agriculture to improve nutrition and sustainability in food systems.
- Perilla seeds are nutrient-dense, high in ω-3 fatty acids and other beneficial compounds, which provide various health benefits such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
- The review discusses advances in genetic research for crop improvement and explores the applications of perilla seeds in functional foods and the food industry, aiming to promote sustainable agricultural practices and product innovation.
Cellulase-immobilized chitosan-coated magnetic nanoparticles for saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
November 2023
Devising and consolidating cost-effective and greener technologies for sustainable energy production pertain to some of the most pressing needs of the present times. Bioconversion of abundantly available lignocellulosic materials into fermentable sugars to produce biofuels involves the cost-extensive requirement of hydrolytic enzymes called cellulases. Cellulases are highly selective and eco-friendly biocatalysts responsible for deconstruction of complex polysaccharides into simple sugars.
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