Hemp seeds: Nutritional value, associated bioactivities and the potential food applications in the Colombian context
For many years, Colombia was one of the countries with the largest illegal cultivation of cannabis around the world. Currently, it is going through a period of transition with a new government law that recently allows the cultivation, transformation, and commercialization of such plant species. In t...
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| author | Lidia Montero Lidia Montero Diego Ballesteros-Vivas Andrés Fernando Gonzalez-Barrios Andrea del Pilar Sánchez-Camargo |
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| description | For many years, Colombia was one of the countries with the largest illegal cultivation of cannabis around the world. Currently, it is going through a period of transition with a new government law that recently allows the cultivation, transformation, and commercialization of such plant species. In this sense, the identification of strategies for the valorization of products or by-products from Cannabis sativa represent a great opportunity to improve the value chain of this crop. One of these products is hemp seeds, which are exceptionally nutritious and rich in healthy lipids (with high content of three polyunsaturated fatty acids: linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, and gamma-linolenic acid), good quality protein, and several minerals. In addition, hemp seeds contain THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) or CBD (cannabidiol) in traces, molecules that are responsible for the psychoactive and therapeutic properties of cannabis. These low terpenophenolic contents make it more attractive for food applications. This fact, together with the constant search for proteins of vegetable origin and natural food ingredients, have aroused an important interest in the study of this biomass. Some bioactivities of phytochemical compounds (polyphenols and terpenoids, mainly) present in hemp seeds have provided antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties. This review summarizes and discusses the context of hemp use in Latin-American and the new opportunities for hemp seeds culture in Colombia considering the valuable nutritional value, main functional bioactivities, and recent advances in food market applications of hemp seeds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6da5bcf04d3046d9bd791aa69e1ff2f12023-01-11T06:22:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2023-01-01910.3389/fnut.2022.10391801039180Hemp seeds: Nutritional value, associated bioactivities and the potential food applications in the Colombian contextLidia Montero0Lidia Montero1Diego Ballesteros-Vivas2Andrés Fernando Gonzalez-Barrios3Andrea del Pilar Sánchez-Camargo4Applied Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, GermanyTeaching and Research Center for Separation, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, GermanyDepartamento de Nutrición y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, ColombiaGrupo de Diseño de Productos y Procesos (GDPP), Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaGrupo de Diseño de Productos y Procesos (GDPP), Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaFor many years, Colombia was one of the countries with the largest illegal cultivation of cannabis around the world. Currently, it is going through a period of transition with a new government law that recently allows the cultivation, transformation, and commercialization of such plant species. In this sense, the identification of strategies for the valorization of products or by-products from Cannabis sativa represent a great opportunity to improve the value chain of this crop. One of these products is hemp seeds, which are exceptionally nutritious and rich in healthy lipids (with high content of three polyunsaturated fatty acids: linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, and gamma-linolenic acid), good quality protein, and several minerals. In addition, hemp seeds contain THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) or CBD (cannabidiol) in traces, molecules that are responsible for the psychoactive and therapeutic properties of cannabis. These low terpenophenolic contents make it more attractive for food applications. This fact, together with the constant search for proteins of vegetable origin and natural food ingredients, have aroused an important interest in the study of this biomass. Some bioactivities of phytochemical compounds (polyphenols and terpenoids, mainly) present in hemp seeds have provided antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties. This review summarizes and discusses the context of hemp use in Latin-American and the new opportunities for hemp seeds culture in Colombia considering the valuable nutritional value, main functional bioactivities, and recent advances in food market applications of hemp seeds.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.1039180/fullbioactive compoundsColombian cannabisextraction methodshemp seed oilphytocannabinoids |
| spellingShingle | Lidia Montero Lidia Montero Diego Ballesteros-Vivas Andrés Fernando Gonzalez-Barrios Andrea del Pilar Sánchez-Camargo Hemp seeds: Nutritional value, associated bioactivities and the potential food applications in the Colombian context Frontiers in Nutrition bioactive compounds Colombian cannabis extraction methods hemp seed oil phytocannabinoids |
| title | Hemp seeds: Nutritional value, associated bioactivities and the potential food applications in the Colombian context |
| title_full | Hemp seeds: Nutritional value, associated bioactivities and the potential food applications in the Colombian context |
| title_fullStr | Hemp seeds: Nutritional value, associated bioactivities and the potential food applications in the Colombian context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hemp seeds: Nutritional value, associated bioactivities and the potential food applications in the Colombian context |
| title_short | Hemp seeds: Nutritional value, associated bioactivities and the potential food applications in the Colombian context |
| title_sort | hemp seeds nutritional value associated bioactivities and the potential food applications in the colombian context |
| topic | bioactive compounds Colombian cannabis extraction methods hemp seed oil phytocannabinoids |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.1039180/full |
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