Ascorbic acid and Vitamin A content of edible wild plants of Ohio and Kentucky

Zennie, Thomas M.; Ogzewalla, C. Dwayne

doi:10.1007/bf02860657

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“…Investigations of the vitaminous composition of wild plants indicate a great amount of vitamin C, then keratin (Zennie and Ogzewalla, 1977;Guil et al, 1997), and similar compounds that indicate great anti-oxidant properties of these plants (Cook et al, 1998;Sena et al, 1998;Kelawala and Ananthanarayan, 2004). There are some of them, such as fruits of plant Rosa canina from several localities in Turkey that contain a wide spectrum of fatty acids: palmitic (3.17%, 1.71%, and 2.14%), stearic (2.47%, 2.14%, and 1.69%), oleic (16.73%, 18.42%, and 14.71%), linoleic (54.41%, 51.71%, and 48,64%), linolenic (17.14%, 16.42%, and 18.41%), and arachidic (2.11%, 1.87%, and 2.61%) (Ozcan, 2002).…”

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Wild Edible Plants and Their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia‐Herzegovina

Redzic

2006

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

148

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This article presents first systematical procedure results on traditional usage of wild, edible, vitaminous, and aromatic plants in the nutrition of human population in Bosnia and Herzegovina (W. Balkan peninsula; SE Europe). By method of an ethnobotanical interview, which comprised of over 250 persons, whose average age was 55, and by research on edible wild flora all around Bosnia and Herzegovina that extended over many years, detected were 308 plants belonging to 73 plant families that are being used in nutrition and diet of indigenous population. Edible wild plants are used as delicious vegetables, fruits, peer and spices, in either fresh, raw, or dried condition. Plants are being used for the making of cooked food (33%), fresh salads (19%), mush and bread (17%), or as fresh, wild fruits and drinks (13%) or as spices and ethno-pharmacological potions (10%). The majority of identified, wild edible plants may satisfy the daily human need for elementary nutrition material, particularly those of vitamins C and A, and for some minerals, according to the regulations of World Health Organization (WHO).

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Wild Edible Plants and Their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia‐Herzegovina

Redzic

2006

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

148

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“…Just before flowering, leaves and top portion have high content of vitamin C; on a weight basis more than oranges. It also have a larger content of vitamin A than spinach (Zennie and Ogzewalla 1977). Fresh or boiled juice of leaves mixed with honey has been used in treating dropsy (Grieve 1959).…”

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Breaking seed dormancy of Alliaria petiolata with phytohormones

Yasin

Andreasen

2015

Plant Growth Regul

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The leaves of Alliaria petiolata have a potential to be used as green salad due to garlic like fragrance and high value of vitamin C and A. Unfortunately, it exhibited deprived germination because of poor physiological impediment and seed dormancy. In order to improve germination, scarified and non-scarified seeds were primed with 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 mM of gibberellic acid (GA 3 ), ascorbic acid (AsA) and salicylic acid (SA), respectively. Seeds were also hydroprimed and compared with unsoaked seeds (control). Incubation with phytohormones substantially accelerated germination and seedling emergence compare with hydropriming and control. Two millimolar GA 3 improved germination to 82 %, and reduced the germination time where 50 % of the total germinated seeds during the experiment, have germinated (t 50 ). Priming with 4 mM AsA increased germination to 54 % and reduced t 50 compared to control. SA inhibited germination of A. petiolata seeds. Sowing at cm burial depth reduced emergence 89 % irrespective of priming. Seeds sown on a humid soil surface obtain the best seedling establishment. Priming non-scarified seeds with 2 mM GA 3 resulted in faster germination within 10 days. Our scarification method was not successful and seemed to damage the seeds and reduced the germination.

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“…Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., Brassicaceae, commonly known as shepherd's purse, is a wild plant, whose young leaves and roots have been used as an edible vegetable, eaten raw or cooked in some countries (Zennie & Ogzewalla, 1977;Kweon et al, 1996). The nutritional composition of this species, including minerals, vitamin A, ascorbic acid, proteins, linoleic acid and ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, is considered to be beneficial to human health (Zennie & Ogzewalla, 1977;Guil-Guerrero et al, 1999).…”

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“…The nutritional composition of this species, including minerals, vitamin A, ascorbic acid, proteins, linoleic acid and ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, is considered to be beneficial to human health (Zennie & Ogzewalla, 1977;Guil-Guerrero et al, 1999). Besides this, C. bursa-pastoris has some medicinal properties, being indicated as anti-bleeding, anticancer, antithrombin (Bekker et al, 2002;Goun et al, 2002), wound-healing (Park et al, 2000) and antioxidant agent (Ivanova et al, 2005), as well as for diabetes and fever treatment (Kweon et al, 1996).…”

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Chemical composition and biological screening of Capsella bursa-pastoris

Grosso¹,

Vinholes²,

Silva³

et al. 2011

Rev. bras. farmacogn.

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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. (Brassicaceae) is a wild herb with high nutritional value that can be eaten raw or cooked. A metabolomic study was performed with different extracts of its aerial parts that were tested concerning their antiradical, acetylcholinesterase inhibitory and antibacterial activities. Phenolic compounds were identified and quantified by HPLC-DAD, organic acids and amino acids were determined by HPLC-UV, while free fatty acids and sterols were analysed by GC-ITMS. The vegetal material was rich in kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside (mean value 2247.09 mg/kg of dry plant), quinic acid (95628.00 mg/kg of dry plant), arginine (mean value of 1.18 mg/kg of dry plant), palmitic acid (284.48 mg/kg) and β-sitosterol (28%). The extracts presented a concentration-dependent antiradical activity (against DPPH• , O 2 •-and LOO • ), being most effective against • NO (EC25 0.20 μg/mL). In addition, the extracts were also acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and antibacterial active, revealing that, besides the plant's good nutritional value, it presents important biological properties as well.

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Ascorbic acid and Vitamin A content of edible wild plants of Ohio and Kentucky

Cited by 64 publications

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Wild Edible Plants and Their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia‐Herzegovina

Wild Edible Plants and Their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia‐Herzegovina

Breaking seed dormancy of Alliaria petiolata with phytohormones

Chemical composition and biological screening of Capsella bursa-pastoris

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