Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2018)
Physicochemical properties of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) flakes and corn (Zea mays L) flakes
Author(s): Prince, BR Singh, Vivak Kumar, Suresh Chandra, Mukesh Kumar and GR Singh
Abstract: Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) is native to South America and Maize (Zea mays L) is widely cultivated in American and Asian countries. Quinoa is good source of gluten free diet which cannot digest gluten in their intestine. Quinoa is considered as a complete food, quinoa flakes and corn flakes provides a potent amount of fat, protein, carbohydrates and energy along with SFA, MUFA, PUFA, ash and moisture. Quinoa flakes provides a rich amount of Fe, Zn, Ca, Mg, Na, K, P, Cu and Mn. Quinoa flakes and corn flakes were provide a significant amount of vitamin B1, B2, B3 and C which were 0.34, 0.40, 1.11, 5.02 (mg/100g) and 0.89, 1.07, 3.57, 10.21(mg/100g) respectively. Both are considered as rich source of macronutrients and micronutrients. So as concluding remark quinoa flakes and corn flakes both are good cardiovascular health, brain health and human body.
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Prince, BR Singh, Vivak Kumar, Suresh Chandra, Mukesh Kumar, GR Singh. Physicochemical properties of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) flakes and corn (Zea mays L) flakes. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(3):1780-1784.
