Table of Contents:
  • History of the cultivation and use of sesame / Dorothea Bedigian
  • Cultivated sesame, and wild relatives in the genus Sesamum L. / Dorothea Bedigian
  • Chemical studies on the lignans and other minor constituents of sesame seed oil / Afaf Kamal-Eldin
  • Sesame seed coat: a rich source of potential mammalian lignan precursors / Raphaël Grougnet ... [et al.]
  • Antioxidant and anti-carcinogenic potentials of sesame lignans / Duncan H.F. Mak, Po Yee chiu and Kam Ming Ko
  • Sesame seed and its lignans: metabolism and bioactivities / Sandra M. Sacco and Lilian U. Thompson
  • Physiological effects of sesame: bioactive and antioxidant compounds / Fereidoon Shahidi and Zhuliang Tan
  • Sesame seed food allergy / Suzanne S. Teuber
  • Flavor constituents of sesame / Fereidoon Shahidi, Tara Hughes and Zhuliang Tan
  • Seed oil bodies of sesame and their surface proteins, oleosin, caleosin, and steroleosin / Jason T.C. Tzen
  • Use of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for nondestructive analyses of sesame / Tetsuo Sato, Aye Aye Maw and Masumi Katsuta
  • Sesame's protective role in crop nematode control / Gamal Abdalla Elbadri and Abdelmageed Mohammad Yassin
  • Molecular biotechnology of sesame / Mi Chung Suh and Chung-Han Chung
  • Responses of sesame to plant growth regulators, micronutrients and salinity / M. Prakash
  • Seed genetics in relation to yield in sesame / S. Thirugnana Kumar
  • Sesame diseases and their management / P. Narayanasamy
  • Sesame cultivation and use in China / Zhao Yingzhong
  • Sesame cultivation and use in Ethiopia / Adefris Teklewold, Tadele Amde and Tesfaye Baye
  • Sesame cultivation and use in Iran / S.M. Mahdi Mortazavian and J.A. Kohpayegani
  • Sesame cultivation and use in Somalia / Ahmed Yakub Sidow
  • Sesame cultivation and use in Thailand / Wasana Wongyai
  • Sesame cultivation and use in Turkey / Bülent Uzun
  • Sesame cultivation and irrigation in the Kingdom of Urartu (Ararat), Armenian highlands, and its aftermath: major agricultural innovation / Dorothea Bedigian
  • Introduction and early use of sesame in America: medicine, cookery and folkways / Dorothea Bedigian
  • Current market trends: progress, expansion, and economic importance of sesame / Dorothea Bedigian
  • Current regulatory status of sesame and its commercial products / Dorothea Bedigian.