Beneficial attributes and adverse effects of major plant-based foods anti-nutrients on health: A review

Abstract

Anti-nutrients are the biomolecules that if present in food along with nutrients, can reduce either the absorption or the utilization of nutrients. The physiological importance of anti-nutrients is been debated for a long time because the researches point at various effects on different anti-nutrients in foods. Some anti-nutrients show both beneficial and harmful physiological effects that depend on molar ratios between nutrients and anti-nutrients and some other factors. Previous studies suggested that anti-nutrients if are consumed in a adequate amount they may act as a useful natural drug to ameliorate human health. They can have physiological importance in the nutrition of the organism. In this review, we have compiled the beneficial attributes of major plant-based anti- nutrients to improve health conditions, along with their potential adverse effects.