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The leaf's of Plant 'Dantin soppu' or as in Kannada for Amarnath Leafs.

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Harvesting Food from Weeds Chapter 10. Bioactive Properties and Health Benefits of Amaranthus Nisha Singhania, Rajesh Kumar, Pramila, Sunil Bishnoi, Aradhita B. Ray, Aastha Diwan Book Editor(s):Prerna Gupta, Navnidhi Chhikara, Anil Panghal First published: 03 July 2023

Amaranth is generally taken from the word ‘Anthos’ a Greek word that means evergreen flower, belongs to Amaranthaceae family and Amaranthus genus; it is native to Mesoamerica, Mexico and Central America. Grain of amaranth is a Amaranth contains significant amount of starch,Essential protein, Fat or lipid and dietary fiber. These nutritional values varied from species to species. Amaranth also containe a significant amount of mineral especially potassium magnesium calcium and iron vitamins include riboflavin, vitamin C, folic acid and vitamin E. Amaranth leaves are an ideal source of different antioxidants viz., anthocyanins, betalain, carotenoids, chlorophylls, β-cyanin, β-xanthin, and other phytochemicals such as ascorbic acid, phenolic acids and flavonoids. Phytochemicals such as betaxan-thins, betacyanins, rutin and isoquercetin; apart from these some major phenolic compounds like vanillic acid, flavonoids, gallic acid, salicylic, sinapic acid, ferulic, syringic, ellagic, p-coumaric, quercetin, kaempferol, and epigallocatechin gallates are also present in amaranth species. Phenolic compounds are identified in its seed are caffeoylglucaric acid, coumaroylglucaric acid, feruloylglucaric acid were glucaricisomers, caffeoylquinic acid, coumaroylquinic acid and feruloylquinic acid.

These bioactive compounds act as a natural defense system against several diseases such as anti-gastric ulcer, gastroprotective, anti-colorectal cancer activity, anti-inflammation activity, atherosclerosis, arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, cataract, emphysema, retinopathy, and neurodegenerative diseases.

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