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The search for plant-based superfoods has shown that many regional populations already have these foods in their diet, with significant potential for production and marketing. This critical review intends to show the history, diversity, characteristics, and uses, emphasizing their significance in traditional diets and potential in the food industry of Peruvian fava beans. As a valuable plant-based protein source, fava beans offer essential micronutrients and have diverse culinary applications. Innovative food industry applications include plant-based meat alternatives, fortified gluten-free products, and a natural color, protein, and fiber source in extruded foods. Key studies have highlighted the successful incorporation of fava beans into various food products, improving their nutritional properties, though some studies also point to limitations in their sensory acceptance. Further research is needed to understand the bioactive components, health effects, and techno-functional characteristics of beans. Challenges facing cultivating and consuming fava beans in Peru include adapting to climate change, enhancing productivity and quality, and promoting consumption and added value. Addressing these challenges involves developing climate-resilient varieties, optimizing agricultural practices, and providing access to resources and financing. In conclusion, this review highlights the promising prospects of Peruvian fava beans as a sustainable, nutritionally rich, and versatile ingredient in the food industry. By harnessing their potential and overcoming challenges, Peruvian fava beans can transition from an ancient crop to a modern superfood, inspiring a global shift towards sustainable and nutritionally balanced diets, aiding the fight against malnutrition, and enriching culinary traditions worldwide.
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Fabaceae , Vicia faba , Vicia faba/metabolismo , Perú , Carne , Dieta Sin GlutenRESUMEN
Response surface methodology was used for establishing the amplitude (72.67%) and time (17.29â¯min) high-intensity ultrasound (HIUS) conditions leading to an optimized faba bean protein isolate (OFPI) with lower interfacial tension, zeta potential and viscosity, and higher solubility than native faba bean protein isolate (NFPI). OFPI showed significantly higher adsorption dynamics at the air-water interface, and produced foam with significant smaller bubble diameter, higher overrun, stability and yield stress, and lower liquid drainage than NFPI. Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (FT-IR) revealed that the secondary structure of OFPI deferred from NFPI in terms of increases in ß conformations (6.61% ß-sheet, 19.6% ß-turn, 0.8% anti-parallel ß-sheet) and decreases in inter-molecular aggregates (43.54%). Multienzyme study pinpointed that the structural changes could have induced a decrease on the relative protein digestibility of OFPI respect that of NFPI. The results of this work demonstrate that HIUS technology improves the surface and foaming properties of faba bean protein isolate, which may favour the revalorisation of this crop.
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Productos Agrícolas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Sonicación , Vicia faba/metabolismo , Adsorción , Tamaño de la Partícula , Proteínas de Plantas/química , Conformación Proteica , Solubilidad , Espectroscopía Infrarroja por Transformada de Fourier , Tensión SuperficialRESUMEN
Hydrogen sulphide (H(2) S) has been proposed as the third gasotransmitter. In animal cells, H(2) S has been implicated in several physiological processes. H(2) S is endogenously synthesized in both animals and plants by enzymes with l-Cys desulphydrase activity in the conversion of l-Cys to H(2) S, pyruvate and ammonia. The participation of H(2) S in both stomatal movement regulation and abscisic acid (ABA)-dependent induction of stomatal closure was studied in epidermal strips of three plant species (Vicia faba, Arabidopsis thaliana and Impatiens walleriana). The effect of H(2) S on stomatal movement was contrasted with leaf relative water content (RWC) measurements of whole plants subjected to water stress. In this work we report that exogenous H(2) S induces stomatal closure and this effect is impaired by the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter inhibitor glibenclamide; scavenging H(2) S or inhibition of the enzyme responsible for endogenous H(2) S synthesis partially blocks ABA-dependent stomatal closure; and H(2) S treatment increases RWC and protects plants against drought stress. Our results indicate that H(2) S induces stomatal closure and participates in ABA-dependent signalling, possibly through the regulation of ABC transporters in guard cells.
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Sulfuro de Hidrógeno/metabolismo , Estomas de Plantas/citología , Estomas de Plantas/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Transportadoras de Casetes de Unión a ATP/antagonistas & inhibidores , Transportadoras de Casetes de Unión a ATP/metabolismo , Ácido Abscísico/farmacología , Sequías , Gliburida/farmacología , Sulfuro de Hidrógeno/farmacología , Impatiens/citología , Impatiens/efectos de los fármacos , Impatiens/metabolismo , Estomas de Plantas/efectos de los fármacos , Canales de Potasio de Rectificación Interna/antagonistas & inhibidores , Canales de Potasio de Rectificación Interna/metabolismo , Receptores de Droga/antagonistas & inhibidores , Receptores de Droga/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Estrés Fisiológico/efectos de los fármacos , Receptores de Sulfonilureas , Vicia faba/citología , Vicia faba/efectos de los fármacos , Vicia faba/metabolismoRESUMEN
Ametryn and metribuzin S-triazines derivatives and EPTC thiocarbamate are herbicides used extensively in Mexican agriculture, for example in crops such as corn, sugar cane, tomato, wheat, and beans. The present study evaluated the DNA damage and cytotoxic effects of three herbicides after metabolism by Vicia faba roots in human peripheral lymphocytes using akaline single cell gel electrophoresis. Three parameters were scored as indicators of DNA damage: tail length, percentage of cells with DNA damage (with comet), and level DNA damage. The lymphocytes were treated for 2 h with 0.5-5.0 microg/ml ametryn or metribuzin and 1.5-10 microg/ml EPTC. Lymphocytes also were coincubated for 2 h with 20 microl V. faba roots extracts that had been treated for 4 h with 50-500 mg/l of the two triazines or with the thiocarbamate herbicide or with ethanol (3600 mg/l), as positive control. The lymphocytes treated with three pesticides without in vivo metabolic activation by V. faba root did not show significant differences in the mean values between genotoxic parameters compared with negative control. But when human cells were exposed to three herbicides after they had been metabolized the frequency of cell comet, tail length and level DNA damage all increased. At highest concentrations of the three herbicides produced severe DNA damage compared with S10 fraction and negative control. The linear regression analysis of the tail length values of three herbicides indicated that there was genotoxic effect concentration-response relationship with ametryn and ametribuzin but no EPTC. The ethanol induced major increase DNA damage compared with S10 fraction and the three pesticides. There were not effects in cell viability with treatment EPTC and metribuzin whether or not it had been metabolized. High concentrations of ametryn alone and after it had been metabolized decreased cell viability compared with the negative control. The results demonstrated that the three herbicides needed to be activated by the V. faba root metabolism to produce DNA damage in human peripheral lymphocyte. The alkaline comet technique is a rapid and sensitive assay, to quickly evaluate DNA damage the metabolic activation of herbicide products by V. faba root in human cells in vitro.
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Herbicidas/metabolismo , Herbicidas/toxicidad , Linfocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Mutágenos/metabolismo , Mutágenos/toxicidad , Vicia faba/metabolismo , Biotransformación , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Ensayo Cometa , Daño del ADN , Humanos , Linfocitos/fisiología , Extractos Vegetales/farmacología , Raíces de Plantas/metabolismo , Tiocarbamatos/toxicidad , Triazinas/metabolismo , Triazinas/toxicidadRESUMEN
Abscisic acid (ABA) triggers a complex sequence of signaling events that lead to concerted modulation of ion channels at the plasma membrane of guard cells and solute efflux to drive stomatal closure in plant leaves. Recent work has indicated that nitric oxide (NO) and its synthesis are a prerequisite for ABA signal transduction in Arabidopsis and Vicia guard cells. Its mechanism(s) of action is not well defined in guard cells and, generally, in higher plants. Here we show directly that NO selectively regulates Ca2+-sensitive ion channels of Vicia guard cells by promoting Ca2+ release from intracellular stores to raise cytosolic-free [Ca2+]. NO-sensitive Ca2+ release was blocked by antagonists of guanylate cyclase and cyclic ADP ribose-dependent endomembrane Ca2+ channels, implying an action mediated via a cGMP-dependent cascade. NO did not recapitulate ABA-evoked control of plasma membrane Ca2+ channels and Ca2+-insensitive K+ channels, and NO scavengers failed to block the activation of these K+ channels evoked by ABA. These results place NO action firmly within one branch of the Ca2+-signaling pathways engaged by ABA and define the boundaries of parallel signaling events in the control of guard cell movements.
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Ácido Abscísico/metabolismo , Canales de Cloruro/fisiología , Óxido Nítrico/fisiología , Canales de Potasio/fisiología , Transducción de Señal , Vicia faba/metabolismo , Calcio/metabolismo , ADP-Ribosa Cíclica/antagonistas & inhibidores , Guanilato Ciclasa/antagonistas & inhibidores , Vicia faba/citologíaRESUMEN
Biomass growth, micronucleus induction, and antioxidative stress enzymes (superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, glutathione reductase, and catalase) were investigated simultaneously in the Vicia faba plant exposed to cadmium in solution. The biomass lowest-observed-effect concentration (LOEC) value was 2,000 microM Cd2+. In the shoots, enzymic activities increased without concentration-response relationships. In the roots, after an initial increase, activities of all enzymes showed negative concentration-response relationships. A significant increase in micronucleus induction was observed at 20 microM Cd2+. Regarding sensitivity, our results showed that biomass endpoint was less sensitive than micronucleus induction, which was less sensitive than antioxidative enzyme activities. The increase of antioxidant stress enzyme activities in response to cadmium exposure may be taken as evidence for an enhanced detoxification capacity of V. faba plants toward reactive oxygen species (and derivatives) that might be generated in the stressed plants. Concomitant micronucleus induction may be also interpreted as a consequence of oxidative stress, upholding the view that cadmium-induced DNA damage is, to some extent, via generation of reactive (intermediate) oxygen species.