Legumes and Cereals: Physicochemical Characterization, Technical Innovation and Nutritional Challenges
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Grain".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2023) | Viewed by 42392
Special Issue Editors
Interests: grain; functional foods; antioxidant compounds; functional food ingredient; grains in human health; carotenoids; anthocyanins
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: celiac disease; cereal products; dietary fibre; edible film and coating for food application; food drying; glycaemic index; pasta; postharvest fruit preservation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Legumes and cereals are rich in proteins and widely consumed around the world. They constitute a valuable source of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, phytochemicals and bioactive compounds. Consumer demand for healthful products with beneficial impacts on human nutrition is growing. The intake of legumes and cereals could meet consumers' needs and, at the same time, create the tremendous beneficial effects on human, such as improve the gut microbiota. These beneficial effects have created a growing scientific interest in the role of legume and cereal-enriched foods on the promotion of human health. The special issue focuses on papers advancing original research and review papers at the interface between physicochemical characterization and nutritional challenges of grain products and other aspects such as technical innovation.
Dr. Elsayed Abdelaal
Dr. M.Eugenia Martín Esparza
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- legumes
- cereals
- grain
- phytochemicals
- bioactive compounds
- human nutrition
- technical innovation
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