Nutritional and functional profile of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua): a comprehensive review
Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) is one of Asia and Africa’s popular nutritional and medicinal crops. This unique plant has an outstanding functional properties and nutritional profile. Carob has high sugar content, drought resistance and is very economical. Carob fruit consists of pulp and seed that are r...
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| author | Zunaira Basharat Muhammad Afzaal Farhan Saeed Fakhar Islam Muzzamal Hussain Ali Ikram Muhammad Usama Pervaiz Chinaza Godswill Awuchi |
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| description | Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) is one of Asia and Africa’s popular nutritional and medicinal crops. This unique plant has an outstanding functional properties and nutritional profile. Carob has high sugar content, drought resistance and is very economical. Carob fruit consists of pulp and seed that are rich sources of different bioactive components. Carob has wide applications in various industries (food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics) as an anti-oxidant, thickener, stabilizer, lactic acid production and emulsions. The trend of moving toward natural products further highlights the use of carob in different fields due to its excellent nutritional and therapeutic profile. Carob bean gum is widely used in the food industry. The current review has highlighted the nutritional composition, bioactive profile, functional properties, and recent findings on the subject. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46bc1bbe08b7431795a5e86dc39eb6fd2025-01-02T10:41:34ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Food Properties1094-29121532-23862023-09-0126138941310.1080/10942912.2022.2164590Nutritional and functional profile of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua): a comprehensive reviewZunaira Basharat0Muhammad Afzaal1Farhan Saeed2Fakhar Islam3Muzzamal Hussain4Ali Ikram5Muhammad Usama Pervaiz6Chinaza Godswill Awuchi7Department of Food Science, University of the Punjab Lahore, PakistanDepartment of Food Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Food Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Food Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Food Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Food Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, PakistanSchool of Natural and Applied Sciences, Kampala International University, Kansanga, Kampala, UgandaCarob (Ceratonia siliqua) is one of Asia and Africa’s popular nutritional and medicinal crops. This unique plant has an outstanding functional properties and nutritional profile. Carob has high sugar content, drought resistance and is very economical. Carob fruit consists of pulp and seed that are rich sources of different bioactive components. Carob has wide applications in various industries (food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics) as an anti-oxidant, thickener, stabilizer, lactic acid production and emulsions. The trend of moving toward natural products further highlights the use of carob in different fields due to its excellent nutritional and therapeutic profile. Carob bean gum is widely used in the food industry. The current review has highlighted the nutritional composition, bioactive profile, functional properties, and recent findings on the subject.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10942912.2022.2164590Functional profilenutritional compositioncarob beanbioactive compounds |
| spellingShingle | Zunaira Basharat Muhammad Afzaal Farhan Saeed Fakhar Islam Muzzamal Hussain Ali Ikram Muhammad Usama Pervaiz Chinaza Godswill Awuchi Nutritional and functional profile of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua): a comprehensive review International Journal of Food Properties Functional profile nutritional composition carob bean bioactive compounds |
| title | Nutritional and functional profile of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua): a comprehensive review |
| title_full | Nutritional and functional profile of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua): a comprehensive review |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional and functional profile of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua): a comprehensive review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional and functional profile of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua): a comprehensive review |
| title_short | Nutritional and functional profile of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua): a comprehensive review |
| title_sort | nutritional and functional profile of carob bean ceratonia siliqua a comprehensive review |
| topic | Functional profile nutritional composition carob bean bioactive compounds |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10942912.2022.2164590 |
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