Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is a pseudocereal that is gaining popularity as a health food based on its nutritional qualities. Compared to other cereal grains, quinoa contains higher amounts of fat, leading to its potential as an alternative oilseed…
2005
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ABSTRACT Starches ranging in amylose content from 3 to 20% from eight quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) lines were characterized with respect to thermal, retrogradation, and pasting properties; swelling and solubility behavior; freeze-thaw…
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Frost is one of the principal limiting factors for agricultural production in the high Andean region. One of the most important grain crops in that region, quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.), is generally less affected by frost than most other crop…
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Most crops in saline environments are negatively affected in their rate of growth. This effect is attributed either to osmotic causes or to ion toxicity depending on the plant species, salt composition and salt concentration. Species of the…
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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a widely consumed food crop and a primary protein source for many of the indigenous inhabitants of the Andean region of South America. In this study, we report the development of immature seed and floral…
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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a widely consumed food crop and a primary protein source for many of the indigenous inhabitants of the Andean region of South America. The objective of this study was to develop a collection of reproducible and…
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In recent years, the cultivation of the pseudocereal species amaranth, quinoa, and buckwheat has gained rising attention. This study was undertaken to explore nitrogen (N) fertility requirements and nitrogen use efficiency of these species. For this…
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Comparative protein studies of cereals and pseudocereals are important, especially in cases of cereal protein allergy when pseudocereal substitution is unavoidable. Therefore, ten species and cultivars belonging to different Angiosperms families…
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Dough physical properties and baking quality of wheat flour substituted by 10% with non germinated quinoa flour (control), 24-h, 48-h and 72-h germinated quinoa flours were studied. The stability time and valorimeter value of the control and 24-h…
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Previously, this author reported that the fermentation of quinoa with Rhizopus oligosporeus increased antioxidant activity, and the antioxidant activity of the 80% methanol extract of the fermented quinoa (Q-tempeh) was higher than the other…