Health-promoting substances contained in cereals
Milada Rakická *, Ernest Šturdík, Andrea Marko
Department of Nutrition and Food Assessment, Institute of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health Protection, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
E-mail: * milada.rakicka@gmail.com
Abstract: In current time we can see worldwide rise in number of people suffering from civilization diseases, such as health threatening cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes mellitus, cancer and many other. Cereal products which provide income of important nutritional substance for human health belong among groceries with proven medical effect. Among significant components of cereals with proven effect in prevention of civilization diseases belongs roughage, β-glucans, photochemicals. Important role also play vitamins and minerals, which are present in cereals in minor values. Article summarizes presence of medically important substances in cereals.
Keywords: cereals, dietary fibre, β-glucans, phytochemicals
Full paper in Portable Document Format: acs_0174.pdf
Acta Chimica Slovaca, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2013, pp. 256—268, DOI: 10.2478/acs-2013-0039