Nutraceutical value of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.), and their improvement using omics approaches

Anil Kumar, Mamta Metwal , Sanveen Kaur , Atul Kumar Gupta, Swati Puranik, Sadhna Singh, Manoj Singh , Supriya Gupta , B. Kalyana Babu, Salej Sood, Rattan S Yadav

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Abstract

The science of nutritional biology has progressed extensively over the last decade to develop food-based nutraceuticals as a form of highly personalized medicine or therapeutic agent. Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) is a crop with potentially tremendous but under-explored source of nutraceutical properties as compared to other regularly consumed cereals. In the era of growing divide and drawback of nutritional security, these characteristics must be harnessed to develop finger millet as a novel functional food. In addition, introgression of these traits into other staple crops can improve the well-being of the general population on a global scale. The objective of this review is to emphasize the importance of biofortification of finger millet in context of universal health and nutritional crisis. We have specifically highlighted the role that recent biotechnological advancements have to offer for enrichment of its nutritional value and how these developments can commission to the field of
nutritional biology by opening new avenues for future research.
Original languageEnglish
Article number00934
JournalFrontiers in Plant Science
Volume7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jun 2016

Keywords

  • Finger millet
  • Functional food
  • Health benefit
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Nutrition
  • Nutritional security

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