Table 3.

Selected compounds with health benefits in finger millet.

Health compounds	Functions	References
Ferulic acid, quercetin, and ferulic-rich arabinoxylan	Have special therapeutic effects. such as antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties	Banerjee et al., (2012); Shahidi and Chandrasekara (2013)
Phytates, phenols and Tannins	Lowers body cholesterol, high blood pressure and blood sugar. Aids healing and maintenance of ageing and metabolic syndrome. Prevents deterioration of human health, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Decreases tumour.	Amadou et al. (2013), Sarita and Singh (2016), Chandra et al. (2018)
		Siwela et al. (2007), Thilagavathi et al. (2015).
Soluble dietary fibre	It possesses hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect as well as lowering of serum cholesterol. Prevents cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, antitoxic effect and anticancerous effect.	Amadou et al. (2013),Thilagavathi et al. (2015), Udeh et al. (2017).
Nutraceutical foods	Promotes better health by reducing the problems associated with chronic disease which include obesity. Enhances the antioxidant status and lowers the risk of cardiovascular diseases and better controls the blood glucose levels,	Sarita and Singh (2016). (Rajasekaran et al., 2004).
Magnesium	Lowers associated risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack.	Chandra ​et al. (2018)
Phosphorus	Essential for the development of body tissue and energy metabolism.	Chandra ​et al. (2018).