Quinoa Secondary Metabolites and Their Biological Activities or Functions

Overview

Journal Molecules

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biology

Date 2019 Jul 21

PMID 31324047

Citations 42

Authors

Minyi Lin

Peipei Han

Yuying Li

Weixuan Wang

Daowan Lai

Ligang Zhou

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Abstract

Quinoa ( Willd.) was known as the "golden grain" by the native Andean people in South America, and has been a source of valuable food over thousands of years. It can produce a variety of secondary metabolites with broad spectra of bioactivities. At least 193 secondary metabolites from quinoa have been identified in the past 40 years. They mainly include phenolic acids, flavonoids, terpenoids, steroids, and nitrogen-containing compounds. These metabolites exhibit many physiological functions, such as insecticidal, molluscicidal and antimicrobial activities, as well as various kinds of biological activities such as antioxidant, cytotoxic, anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory properties. This review focuses on our knowledge of the structures, biological activities and functions of quinoa secondary metabolites. Biosynthesis, development and utilization of the secondary metabolites especially from quinoa bran were prospected.

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