Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.): Bioactive Polyphenols, Polysaccharides, Peptides, and Health Benefits
Hou, D., Yousaf, L., Xue, Y., Hu, J., Wu, J., Hu, X., Feng, N., & Shen, Q. (2019). · Nutrients · 2019 May 9
DOI 10.3390/nu11061238
Objective
Discover health benefits of mung beans
Conclusions
The study highlights that mung bean contains abundant nutrients and bioactive compounds. These are polyphenols, polysaccharides, and polypeptides, various other pharmacological properties. Therefore, it is favourable to our daily nutritional benefits as well as nutraceutical.
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Insights
The mung bean has been documented to ameliorate hyperglycemia, hyperlipemia, and hypertension, and prevent cancer and melanogenesis, as well as possess hepatoprotective and immunomodulatory activities.
The mung bean has been documented to ameliorate hyperglycemia, hyperlipemia, and hypertension, and prevent cancer and melanogenesis, as well as possess hepatoprotective and immunomodulatory activities. These health benefits derive primarily from the concentration and properties of those active compounds present in the mung bean. Vitexin and isovitexin are identified as the major polyphenols, and peptides containing hydrophobic amino acid residues with small molecular weight show higher bioactivity in the mung bean.
