Advances in research on components of quinoa

Abstract

Quinoa is a Chenopodiaceae crop growing in the Andes Mountains of South America. It is also a whole-grain total-nutrient, complete-protein, alkaline food. As the main food crop of the ancient Incas, it was called "the mother of grain". Quinoa is not only rich in various nutrients for human needs, but also has high-quality protein which is close to human amino acid composition as a plant. Quinoa is an ideal crop to solve the conflicts between insufficient food supply and limited arable land, sustainable agricultural development and energy saving and emission reduction in the process of rapid development of human society. It has an irreplaceable role in solving food safety and food nutrition, and is one of the most potential crops.