![]() ![]() Sesame seeds have been proven to exhibit anticancer, antioxidant, and cholesterol lowering properties. Sesame seeds and its components have the tendency to provide various health benefits to an individual including the nutraceutical as well as pharmaceutical benefits. Hence, sesame is considered an unconventional protein source owing to the fact that it is primarily utilized for oil extraction. Moreover, the defatted sesame cake after oil extraction is an excellent source of quality protein and numerous useful phytochemicals (bioactive nutrient plant chemicals that may provide desirable health benefits in addition to basic nutrition in order to reduce the risk of major diseases). In the addition of this, sesame has three times more calcium compared with an equivalent quantity of milk. Sesame flour is creamy, light brown, edible powder with maximum protein (27–32%) and oil contents (10–12%). Sesame seeds contain more proteins (17 to 40%) as compared to meat (18–25%) and cereals (7 to 13%). ![]() Additionally, it has plenty of nutrients essential for the maintenance of optimum health. Nutritionally, it is considered an important protein source owing to appreciable amounts of essential as well as nonessential amino acids as compared to other seed proteins. Due to increase in production level of sesame seeds during last few years, its importance to the consumers and its application in numerous valuable, healthy, and nutritious products have increased. ![]() It is mostly cultivated in Asia and Africa, and the top sesame cultivating countries in descending order are Tanzania, India, and Sudan producing 1.1 Mt, 0.8 Mt, and 0.7 Mt, respectively. During last 3 decades, the worldwide growth and production of the sesame seed have significantly increased from 6.3 million ha (Mha) and 2.8 million tons (Mt) to 11 Mha and 6.2 Mt from 2002 to 2016, respectively. The sesame crop was first among the oilseeds grown and utilized to produce edible oil. Sesame seed belongs to the genus Sesamum of the family Pedaliaceae. Recently, researchers have probed defatted sesame flour for its incorporation in food products to enhance the protein contents and curtail associated health disorders. In the past, much emphasis was on oilseeds including cotton, rapeseed, soy, sunflower, and peanut for the extraction and utilization of their protein isolates. The scientists are striving hard to explore low-cost plant protein sources, that is, for incorporation into food formulations for better nutritional quality. Furthermore, inadequate supply of animal protein is the leading cause of certain health ailments in the populations. In developing countries, poverty is greatly hampering food accessibility. The current review highlights the importance and utilization of sesame seed and oil in pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and food (especially snacks) industries. Moreover, its seeds and oil play imperative role in the formulation of medicines utilized for different ailments. Sesame seed oil supplementation not only improves the quality of snack frying oils but also plays a key role in the formation of good quality healthy snack foods. Sesame ( SesamumindicumL.) is one of the unconventional crops providing multiple benefits due to its special bioactive components, such as sesamin, sesaminol, and gamma-tocopherol, and fatty acids composition like unsaturated fatty acids (i.e., oleic acid, linoleic acid, stearidonic acid, palmitoleic acid, and traces of linolenic acid). ![]() Simultaneously, the worldwide preferences have shifted from artificial to natural resources and unconventional crops (i.e., oilseeds as protein source) and foods are becoming part of regular diet in most of the community, nutraceutical, and pharma industries. However, scientists are making efforts to find out the natural sources of medicines for the betterment of human health and treatment of diseases. Most nutraceutical and pharma industries formulating the medicines from artificial sources are expensive and have several side effects. The major issue of the current era is an unbalanced and poor diet like unhealthy fast foods, the main cause of various diseases. ![]()
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