One of the initial oil seeds known to human kind, sesame seeds have
been widely employed in culinary as well as in traditional
medicines for their nutritive, preventive, and curative properties.
Sesame are an important sources of Payton-nutrients such as omega*6
fatty acids, flavonoid phenolic anti-oxidants, vitamins, and
dietary fibre with potential anti-cancer as well as health
promoting properties. The seeds are also very valuable sources of
dietary protein with fine quality amino acids that are essential
for growth, especially in children. Just **0 g of seeds provide
about *8 g of protein. Sesame is among the seeds rich in quality
vitamins, and minerals. They are very good sources of B-complex
vitamins such as niacin, folic acid, thiamine (vitamin B1),
pyridoxine (vitamin B6), and riboflavin. Sesame composes of
significant proportions of unsaturated fats, and hence, should be
stored inside airtight containers to avoid them turn rancid. At
home, place them in cool dark place.
