TY - CHAP AU - Arindam Barman AU - Chinky M. Marak AU - Rituparna Mitra Barman and Cheana S. Sangma ED - Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez ED - Alfonso Clemente Y1 - 2018-11-05 PY - 2018 T1 - Nutraceutical Properties of Legume Seeds and Their Impact on Human Health N2 - Legumes are a main source of nitrogen-rich edible seeds and constitute a major source of food for a significant part of the world's population. Particularly, they are the most relevant sources of plant proteins with nutraceutical and health benefit properties. This book was conceived to provide key research knowledge on health-promoting aspects of seed components, and their nutritional and nutraceutical values, for increasing awareness among the population of the research focus across the growing field of legume research, and the area of sustainable crop production. BT - Legume Seed Nutraceutical Research SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78799 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.78799 SN - 978-1-78985-398-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -