• Risabet Lamare
• Amritpal Singh
• Manish Vyas

Nutraceutical is a term, formulated from “nutrition” and “pharmaceutical” by Stephen De Felicei in 1989. He termed it as “food or parts of food that provide medical or health benefits including the prevention and treatment of diseases.” Such products may include herbal products, dietary supplements, isolated nutrients, processed food items, and genetically designed food products. One of such drugs is quinoa seeds which have been used as a nutraceutical since long time due to its rich nutritional profile and pharmacological activities. Quinoa seeds have reported to have all kinds of macronutrients and micronutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients. And, its recommended by modern and traditional healers to include in the diet in order to complete the daily requirements of nutrition. Therefore, present review describes about the background, geographical sources, cultivation, macroscopy, microscopy, chemical constituents, nutritional profile, and pharmacological activities of the quinoa seeds.

Nutraceutical, Nutritional Profile, Quinoa Seeds

"Critical Review on Nutritional Profile of Quinoa Seeds", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1426-1435, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDY06227.pdf

"Critical Review on Nutritional Profile of Quinoa Seeds", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1426-1435, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDY06227.pdf