Plants

Although corn naturally contains niacin (nicotinic acid, vitamin B3, vitamin PP), it was not bioavailable without the process of nixtamalization (soaking and cooking the grain in an alkaline solution, usually lime water, washing and husking).

The most popular among sunflowers is the common sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.).

Broad beans can be eaten both raw and cooked.

It is a widespread plant, common in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia.

Broad beans bind bile acids in the large intestine and thus reduce the concentration of LDL cholesterol in the blood.

Broad beans have a low sodium content, are rich in potassium and soluble fiber, which helps reduce cholesterol in the blood, thus regulating blood pressure.

Broad beans, like other legumes, have many nutritional values.

It is one of the basic ingredients of Iranian cuisine.

Lemon leaves can also be used.

Some drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease are made from broad beans because they are a natural source of levodopa (the biologically active form of dopamine).