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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 6
First page : (624) Last page : (627)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8493

Nutritional Benefits of Quinoa-A Review

Muhammad Sulaman Saeed^1* , Ayesha Saeed², Mohsin Iqbal³ and Muhammad Adnan^4
1Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
²Department of Botany, University of Education, Dera Ghazi Khan Campus,
Sub Campus of University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
³Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
⁴Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan
*Corresponding Author E-mail: muhammadsulamansaeed2598@gmail.com
Received: 15.07.2020  |  Revised: 28.08.2020   |  Accepted: 8.09.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Cereals are considered as an important source of nutrition in human diet. They provide about half of the energy of world population. Cereals include maize, rice, wheat, sorghum, barley, oats and rye. Other grains like amaranth, quinoa, chia, buckwheat and flaxseed have also been studied due to their extreme nutritional values and high protein profiles. These grains plants are excellent source of the energy, lipids, fibers, vitamins, minerals, proteins, ashes and amino acids. Quinoa is one of them and is excellent source of lysine and niacin. It is rich in essential amino acid content. It also has antioxidant agents that perform good function in the human body when consumed. Quinoa is also a well natural source that is helpful to combat against Celiac disease. In this review, we shall discuss the different nutritional benefits of quinoa.

Keywords: Quinoa, Nutritional Benefits, Amino acids, Vitamins, Minerals, Energy.

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Cite this article: Saeed, M.S., Saeed, A., Iqbal, M., & Adnan, M. (2020). Nutritional Benefits of Quinoa-A Review, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(6), 624-627. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8493