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Novel FAHFAs detected in Australian sorghum cultivars. Source: Gowda lab

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Kumazasa SORGHUM: FROM ANIMAL FEED TO DIABETES-FIGHTING SUPERGRAIN Once dismissed as mere animal fodder, sorghum—a staple across Africa and South Asia—we discovered that it is a nutritional powerhouse packed with anti-diabetic FAHFA and a balance of omega-3 and -6 fatty acids. Collaborating with team at the University of Sydney, in Camperdown, Australia Black Herbal tea Sorghum White Red

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12-LAHOA PIGMENTED RICE: COLORFUL PATH TO METABOLIC WELLNESS Finally, we performed untargeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based lipidomics on 56 japonica rice cultivars from Japan to FAHFA 9:0/18:1 Red FAHFA 13:0/17:4 These findings spotlight sorghum’s potential in functional foods that could be used to battle metabolic disease.

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LNAPEs and FAHF detected in pigmented Japonica rice cultivars. Source: Gowda lab

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