Research progress of evaluation of nutrition and functional value of sesame

Abstract

Sesame is an important food which is homology of medicine and food and has a high nutritional value.Recently studies showed that the active components in sesame had a lot of functional value.The nutrient components of sesame and the functional value of sesame lignan substances such as sesamin and sesamol researched by modern life sciences were reviewed.The development in future on sesame is prospected to provide support for further research and development of sesame.

Keywords

• sesame
• nutrition value
• active component
• functional value