sesame granola, sesame broccoli rice, sesame mustard sauce, ginger sesame chicken,
sesame cake, sesame seed sauce, and sesame green beans (Borchani et al. 2010;
Noon 2003). In China sesame is sprinkled over rice and red beans and served at the
exchange of wedding presents.
12.10 Alternative Applications
Different plant-based nutraceuticals are developed from sesame as it is reportedly
rich in dietary and non-dietary phytochemicals and health. Sesame oil has nutritive,
demulcent, and emollient properties and acts as laxative. It is also used as a solvent
for intramuscular injections. From decades it is used to cure gum diseases, toothaches, headaches, blurred vision, and dizziness. Furthermore fatty acids obtained by
the transesterification of triglycerides can be used as a substitute for fossil fuels.
Also, sesame can be used for production of biodiesel by the use of methanol in the
presence of sodium hydroxide as catalyst (Prasad Nagendra et al. 2012).
12.11 Conclusions
Sesame seeds are the richest source of protein apart from oil, lignans, antioxidants,
tocopherols, calcium, vitamins, phosphorus, essential fatty acids, and others, but
except sesame oil, very few value-added products are available in market. Sesame
has inherent power to cure a number of diseases and contains bioactive components
including phenolic compounds and phytosterols, which provide beneficial effect on
human health and exhibit anticancer, antioxidative, anti-immunoregulation, and
antihypersensitivity properties in addition to maintaining bone density and
preventing bone loss during osteoporosis conditions. By-product like sesame meal
obtained after oil extraction is also a valuable source of protein and holds the
potential for developing various protein-based supplements. Sesame has the potential to establish itself as a major oilseed crop, and its better performance, yield, oil
quality, and quantity would also provide benefits to the farmers from the area where
sesame is grown as a regular crop. Sesame seed can be utilized as nutraceuticals to
prevent malnutrition as well as global food security, and there is also enough scope
for development of different value-added sesame products.
References
Achouri A, Boye JI (2013) Thermal processing, salt and high pressure treatment effects on
molecular structure and antigenicity of sesame protein isolate. Food Res Int 53:240–251
324
L. Sharma et al.
sesame cake, sesame seed sauce, and sesame green beans (Borchani et al. 2010;
Noon 2003). In China sesame is sprinkled over rice and red beans and served at the
exchange of wedding presents.
12.10 Alternative Applications
Different plant-based nutraceuticals are developed from sesame as it is reportedly
rich in dietary and non-dietary phytochemicals and health. Sesame oil has nutritive,
demulcent, and emollient properties and acts as laxative. It is also used as a solvent
for intramuscular injections. From decades it is used to cure gum diseases, toothaches, headaches, blurred vision, and dizziness. Furthermore fatty acids obtained by
the transesterification of triglycerides can be used as a substitute for fossil fuels.
Also, sesame can be used for production of biodiesel by the use of methanol in the
presence of sodium hydroxide as catalyst (Prasad Nagendra et al. 2012).
12.11 Conclusions
Sesame seeds are the richest source of protein apart from oil, lignans, antioxidants,
tocopherols, calcium, vitamins, phosphorus, essential fatty acids, and others, but
except sesame oil, very few value-added products are available in market. Sesame
has inherent power to cure a number of diseases and contains bioactive components
including phenolic compounds and phytosterols, which provide beneficial effect on
human health and exhibit anticancer, antioxidative, anti-immunoregulation, and
antihypersensitivity properties in addition to maintaining bone density and
preventing bone loss during osteoporosis conditions. By-product like sesame meal
obtained after oil extraction is also a valuable source of protein and holds the
potential for developing various protein-based supplements. Sesame has the potential to establish itself as a major oilseed crop, and its better performance, yield, oil
quality, and quantity would also provide benefits to the farmers from the area where
sesame is grown as a regular crop. Sesame seed can be utilized as nutraceuticals to
prevent malnutrition as well as global food security, and there is also enough scope
for development of different value-added sesame products.
References
Achouri A, Boye JI (2013) Thermal processing, salt and high pressure treatment effects on
molecular structure and antigenicity of sesame protein isolate. Food Res Int 53:240–251
324
L. Sharma et al.