Agave Extract as Therapeutic Additive of Functional Foods | [International Food & Nutrition Conference" August 18th-20th, 2022, University of Swat, Swat (Book of Abstracts) • 2022]

Author(s):

1. Muhammad Sheharyar: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab,Lahore,Pakistan

2. Muhammad Sajid Manzoor: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab,Lahore,Pakistan

3. Shoaib Younas: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab,Lahore,Pakistan

4. Ukasha Arqam: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab,Lahore,Pakistan

5. Kanza Aziz Awan: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab,Lahore,Pakistan

6. Maha Hanif: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab,Lahore,Pakistan

7. Komal Azam: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab,Lahore,Pakistan

Abstract:

People are becoming more conscious about various food ingredients that are explored to improve health and avoid different diseases. From the ancient times, several products of the Plants have been a rich source of the therapeutic agents. Plants also utilized as medicine back to the early era. Examination for the cost-effective formulation of the natural plants as therapeutic agents considered to be excellent choice. The Agave plant are the member of the Agavaceae family and grow in humid and sub-humid tropic areas of the world. Moreover, agave is a remedial plant utilized in the formulation of the traditional medicine for the treatment of numerous diseases that have been related to the useful effects on the human health. Various species of the agave plant have natural activities like phytotoxic, immunomodulatory, anticancer, anti-hypertensive, antimicrobial and controlling gastrointestinal and urological disorders. The soaked leaves of the A. atrovirens are utilized for the treatment of the disease such as the Diabetes Mellitus. Agave is a rich source of Fructans. Researches showed that fructans are used as vigorous elements of the food due to their health advantages. Thus, Agave extract can be used as functional food additive in many food products and it makes the products beneficial for the people suffering with diabetes, obesity, hypertension problems and different immunity disorders. Moreover, fructans are used as potential food additive due to their industrial purposes such as sweetening agent, stabilizer, fat replacer, binding agent and thickening agent.

Page(s): 164-164

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: International Food & Nutrition Conference" August 18th-20th, 2022, University of Swat, Swat (Book of Abstracts), Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Year: 2022

Keywords:

Fructans , therapeutic agent , Agave extract , Industrial Importance

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