Unraveling the key structural characteristics enhancing digestion resistance of wheat starch-mung bean hull polyphenols complexes.

Mung bean hull polyphenols (MBPs) have the potential to retard starch digestion by altering its multi-scale structures. However, the regulatory mechanism and the key structural characteristics that contribute to digestion resistance remain unclear. In this study, MBPs were non-covalently interacted with wheat starch (WS) under hydrothermal treatments.

Hyaluronic acid-decorated lipid nanocarriers as novel vehicles for curcumin: Improved stability, cellular absorption, and anti-inflammatory effects.

This study aimed to investigate how hyaluronic acid interfacial decoration affects the stability, cellular absorption, and anti-inflammatory effects of curcumin-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers. Nanocarriers were synthesized with an ovalbumin single layer and ovalbumin/hyaluronic acid double, mixed, or conjugated layers. All nanocarriers were spherical (200-300 nm diameter), and their encapsulation efficiency exceeded 95 %.

Structural characterization, physicochemical properties and hypoglycemic activity of soluble dietary fibers from salt stressed mung bean sprouts.

Low-salt stress germination is an effective way to improve the nutritional composition of food crops. A novel soluble dietary fiber (MS-SDF) was isolated from low-salt stress mung bean sprouts that were exposed to low-salt stress using anion exchange and gel permeation techniques. Structural analysis revealed that MS-SDF was a homogeneous heteropolysaccharide with an average molecular weight of 164.

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Mechanism of Quinoa Polysaccharides Inhibiting 3T3-L1 Preadipocyte Proliferation.

Quinoa is a highly nutritious and biologically active crop. Prior studies have demonstrated that quinoa polysaccharides exhibit anti-obesity activity. This investigation confirmed that quinoa polysaccharides have the ability to inhibit the growth of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes.

An underutilized bean: hyacinth bean [Lablab purpureus (L.) sweet]: bioactive compounds, functional activity, and future food prospect and applications.

Hyacinth bean [Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet], a plant belonging to the leguminous family and traditionally used for medicinal purposes in China, is a valuable resource with a wide range of health benefits. This review examines the bioactive compounds, health-promoting properties and functional food potential of hyacinth bean, highlighting its role in protecting against metabolic diseases and the underlying molecular mechanisms.

Functional Ingredients in Minor Grain Crops.

Minor grain crops are generally recognized as less-produced cereal or pseudo-cereal grain crops, excluding the four major grain crops of wheat, rice, corn, and soybean [...

Nutrient composition, functional activity and industrial applications of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.).

Quinoa is one of the gluten-free crops that has attracted considerable interest. Quinoa contains functional ingredients such as bioactive peptides, polysaccharides, saponins, polyphenols, flavonoids and other compounds. It is very important to determine efficient methods to identify such functional ingredients, and to explain their possible health benefits in humans.

Supplementation of quinoa peptides alleviates colorectal cancer and restores gut microbiota in AOM/DSS-treated mice.

Quinoa protein hydrolysate has been previously reported to exert anti-cancer effects in cultured colon cancer cells. Here, we investigated the effect of quinoa protein and its hydrolysate on an azoxymethane/dextran sulfate sodium (AOM/DSS)-induced mouse model of colorectal cancer (CRC) and examined its underlying mechanism using gut microbiota analysis and short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) production analysis. Our results showed that quinoa protein or its hydrolysate mitigated the clinical symptoms of CRC and increased SCFAs contents in colon tissues.

The gluten structure, starch digestibility and quality properties of pasta supplemented with native or germinated quinoa flour.

The effect of adding native or germinated quinoa flour to wheat flour on gluten structure, starch digestibility and quality properties in pasta was evaluated. The free sulfhydryl contents in wheat/quinoa dough (1.41-3.

Anti-Colon Cancer Activity of Novel Peptides Isolated from In Vitro Digestion of Quinoa Protein in Caco-2 Cells.

Quinoa peptides are the bioactive components obtained from quinoa protein digestion, which have been proved to possess various biological activities. However, there are few studies on the anticancer activity of quinoa peptides, and the mechanism has not been clarified. In this study, the novel quinoa peptides were obtained from quinoa protein hydrolysate and identified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).

The Beneficial Effect of Coarse Cereals on Chronic Diseases through Regulating Gut Microbiota.

In recent years, chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative disorders have been the leading causes of incapacity and death globally. Increasing evidence suggests that improvements of lifestyle habits and diet is the most commonly adopted strategy for the prevention of chronic disorders. Moreover, many dietary compounds have revealed health-promoting benefits beyond their nutritional effects.

Structural Characterization of Quinoa Polysaccharide and Its Inhibitory Effects on 3T3-L1 Adipocyte Differentiation.

Quinoa is a kind of nutritious food crop with anti-obesity activity, however, the mechanism is not unclear. In this study, we separated and purified bioactive polysaccharide from quinoa (denoted SQWP-2). The chemical structural was characterized and its effect on 3T3-L1 pre-adipocyte differentiation was evaluated.

Degradation of acid orange 7 (AO7) by a bacterium strain Flavobacterium mizutaii L-15.

Acid orange 7 (AO7) is an azo dye widely used in the dyeing and direct printing industry. AO7 is an environmental pollutant because the cleavage of azo bonds produces aromatic amines, which are considered mutagenic and carcinogenic. Microbial degradation is one of the most effective methods to remove environmental pollutants.

Anti-obesity effects of α-amylase inhibitor enriched-extract from white common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) associated with the modulation of gut microbiota composition in high-fat diet-induced obese rats.

α-Amylase inhibitors (α-AI) have great potential to treat obesity. In this study, an α-AI enriched extract (α-AIE) with a specific activity of 1027.1 ± 154.

Effects of Salt Stimulation on Lunasin Accumulation and Activity during Soybean Germination.

Lunasin, a bioactive peptide, was originally found in soybeans, and it has exhibited multiple biological functions. On the basis of previous studies, salt stress was found able to induce changes in many polypeptides and translatable mRNA levels in plants. Salt stress was applied to soybean germination, with water treatment as a control group, to evaluate the effects of salt stimulation on lunasin accumulation and activity during soybean germination.

Functional properties and adipogenesis inhibitory activity of protein hydrolysates from quinoa ( Willd.).

The functional properties and adipogenesis inhibitory activity of quinoa protein hydrolysates, prepared using papain, pepsin, and pancreatin for 0, 30, 60, 90, and 120 min, were studied. For these three kinds of proteases, the solubility of the hydrolysates significantly increased with the increasing DH in pH range of 3-8, while the EAI and ESI of these hydrolysates significantly decreased during hydrolysis. The anti-inflammatory activity of these protein hydrolysates was measured.

Antiproliferative Activity of Combined Biochanin A and Ginsenoside Rh₂ on MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells.

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. The antiproliferative activities of biochanin A (BA) and ginsenoside Rh₂ were determined by evaluating their inhibitory effect on MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cell proliferation. The combination of BA with Rh₂ was also assessed.

[Allele genotype analysis of Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 1 (PvMSP-1) from Dangdong, Liaoning Province].

Nested PCR method was used to amplify the Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 1 (PvMSP-1) gene fragment containing the ICB5 and ICB6 region from Plasmodium vivax in Liaoning Province. The PCR products were digested by Pvu II restriction endonuclease and the digested fragments were observed by 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis, and all followed by sequencing analysis and comparison.