TY - JOUR

T1 - Flaxseed Bioactive Compounds

T2 - Chemical Composition, Functional Properties, Food Applications and Health Benefits-Related Gut Microbes

AU - Mueed, Abdul

AU - Shibli, Sahar

AU - Korma, Sameh A.

AU - Madjirebaye, Philippe

AU - Esatbeyoglu, Tuba

AU - Deng, Zeyuan

N1 - Funding Information: This research was funded by the National Natural Science Fund of China, grant number 32072256 and by the Open Access Fund of Leibniz Universität Hannover.

PY - 2022/10/21

Y1 - 2022/10/21

N2 - Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) has gained worldwide recognition as a health food because of its abundance in diverse nutrients and bioactive compounds such as oil, fatty acids, proteins, peptides, fiber, lignans, carbohydrates, mucilage, and micronutrients. These constituents attribute a multitude of beneficial properties to flaxseed that makes its use possible in various applications, such as nutraceuticals, food products, cosmetics, and biomaterials. The importance of these flaxseed components has also increased in modern times because of the newer trend among consumers of greater reliance on a plant-based diet for fulfilling their nutritional requirements, which is perceived to be hypoallergenic, more environmentally friendly, sustainable, and humane. The role of flaxseed substances in the maintenance of a healthy composition of the gut microbiome, prevention, and management of multiple diseases has recently been elucidated in various studies, which have highlighted its importance further as a powerful nutritional remedy. Many articles previously reported the nutritive and health benefits of flaxseed, but no review paper has been published reporting the use of individual flaxseed components in a manner to improve the techno-functional properties of foods. This review summarizes almost all possible applications of flaxseed ingredients in food products from an extensive online literature survey; moreover, it also outlines the way forward to make this utilization even better.

AB - Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) has gained worldwide recognition as a health food because of its abundance in diverse nutrients and bioactive compounds such as oil, fatty acids, proteins, peptides, fiber, lignans, carbohydrates, mucilage, and micronutrients. These constituents attribute a multitude of beneficial properties to flaxseed that makes its use possible in various applications, such as nutraceuticals, food products, cosmetics, and biomaterials. The importance of these flaxseed components has also increased in modern times because of the newer trend among consumers of greater reliance on a plant-based diet for fulfilling their nutritional requirements, which is perceived to be hypoallergenic, more environmentally friendly, sustainable, and humane. The role of flaxseed substances in the maintenance of a healthy composition of the gut microbiome, prevention, and management of multiple diseases has recently been elucidated in various studies, which have highlighted its importance further as a powerful nutritional remedy. Many articles previously reported the nutritive and health benefits of flaxseed, but no review paper has been published reporting the use of individual flaxseed components in a manner to improve the techno-functional properties of foods. This review summarizes almost all possible applications of flaxseed ingredients in food products from an extensive online literature survey; moreover, it also outlines the way forward to make this utilization even better.

KW - bioactive compound

KW - biological activity

KW - food application

KW - functional properties

KW - gastroenterology

KW - gut microbes

KW - Linum usitatissimumL

KW - metabolism

KW - superfood

KW - veganism

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85140905795&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3390/foods11203307

DO - 10.3390/foods11203307

M3 - Article

VL - 11

JO - Foods

JF - Foods

IS - 20

M1 - 3307

ER -