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The genome of Chenopodium quinoa [PDF]

Nature, 2017
Chenopodium quinoa (quinoa) is a highly nutritious grain identified as an important crop to improve world food security. Unfortunately, few resources are available to facilitate its genetic improvement.
David E Jarvis, Yung Shwen Ho, Damien James Lightfoot   +2 more
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Effect of Germination on the Nutritional Properties, Phytic Acid Content, and Phytase Activity of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) [PDF]

Foods, 2023
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of desaponification, soaking, germination, and refrigerated storage on the phytase activity, phytic acid content, and nutritional properties of three varieties of quinoa: white, red, and black ...
Pedro Maldonado‐Alvarado, Darío Javier Pavón-Vargas, Juan Abarca-Robles, Silvia Valencia‐Chamorro, Claudia Mónika Haros   +4 more
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Research Progress of Quinoa Seeds (Chenopodium quinoa Wild.): Nutritional Components, Technological Treatment, and Application

Foods, 2023
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Wild.) is a pseudo-grain that belongs to the amaranth family and has gained attention due to its exceptional nutritional properties.
Hongyan Mu, Sophia Xue, Qingrui Sun, John Shi, Danyang Zhang, Deda Wang, Jianteng Wei   +6 more
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Complete chloroplast genome of the grain Chenopodium quinoa Willd., an important economical and dietary plant [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
The grain Chenopodium quinoa Willd. is the main traditional food of Inca aboriginal, which was a native grain in South American Andes Mountains, the edible and cultivation history of which has been more than five thousand years.
Ming-Ze Gao, Yan-Hui Dong, Virginia Valcárcel, Zhu-Mei Ren, Ya-Li Li   +4 more
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Assessment and comparison of nutritional qualities of thirty quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) seed varieties

Food Chemistry: X, 2023
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an ancient crop with perfect nutritional composition and antioxidants substances. However, the current research on the nutritional quality of quinoa is limited to a small number of varieties or a single origin.
Xuan Chen, Yueyue Zhang, Beier Cao, Xiaonan Wei, Zhenguo Shen, Nana Su   +5 more
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Cytotoxic Activity of Saponins and Sapogenins Isolated from Chenopodium quinoa Willd. in Cancer Cell Lines

Scientifica, 2023
The cytotoxic properties of two extracts from Chenopodium quinoa Willd. and three synthetic sapogenins were evaluated in different cancer cell lines (A549, SH-SY5Y, HepG2, and HeLa) to investigate their cytotoxic effects and determine if these cell lines
Genesis N. Carpio-Paucar, Andrea I. Palo-Cardenas, Alejandro N. Rondón-Ortiz, Alejandro Pino-Figueroa, Elvis Gilmar Gonzales-Condori, José A. Villanueva-Salas   +5 more
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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.): An Overview of the Potentials of the “Golden Grain” and Socio-Economic and Environmental Aspects of Its Cultivation and Marketization

Foods, 2020
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is native to the Andean region and has attracted a global growing interest due its unique nutritional value. The protein content of quinoa grains is higher than other cereals while it has better distribution of ...
Pedro Miguel Silva, Danilo Crispim Massuela, Simone Graeff-Hönninger   +2 more
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Identification of two new GRAS transcription factors and expression analysis of these genes in Chenopodium quinoa [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
Chenopodium quinoa is a relatively new and excellent crop, and its growth is frequently threatened by abiotic stress. GRAS genes are considered to be a plant-specific transcriptional regulatory family, which is essential for controlling aboveground and ...
Xinwen Hou, Xinwen Hou, Shuwei Wang, Shuwei Wang, Shanmin Zhou, Weizhong Liu, Weizhong Liu   +6 more
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Effects of quinoa flour (Chenopodium Quinoa Willd) substitution on wheat flour characteristics

Current Research in Food Science, 2023
Jianlou Mu, Yiwen Qi, Kexin Gong, Zhizhou Chen, Margaret A. Brennan, Qianyun Ma, Jie Wang, Charles S. Brennan   +7 more
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Unveiling the nutritional spectrum: A comprehensive analysis of protein quality and antinutritional factors in three varieties of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Wild)

Food Chemistry: X
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is renowned for its high protein content and balanced amino acid profile. Despite promising protein characteristics, plant-based sources usually possess antinutritional factors (ANFs).
Maria Lilibeth Manzanilla-Valdez, Christine Boesch, Caroline Orfila, Sarita Montaño, Alan-Javier Hernández-Álvarez   +4 more
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