Food medicine and minor nourishment in the folk traditions of Central Italy (Marche, Abruzzo and Latium)

Guarrera, Paolo Maria

doi:10.1016/s0367-326x(03)00122-9

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“…Poland [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], Spain [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26], Portugal [26,27], Italy [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37], Greece [38,39], France [40], Bosnia-Herzegovina [41], the whole Mediterranean area [42][43][44], Austria [45][46][47], Slovakia [48] and the Nordic countries [49,50]). …”

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Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles

Łuczaj

Pieroni

Tardío³

et al. 2012

Acta Soc Bot Pol

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IntroductionIn several countries and regions of Europe ethnobotanical studies and reviews give us a picture of traditionally used wild food plants (e.g. Poland [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], Spain [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26], Portugal [26,27], Italy [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37], Greece [38,39], France [40], , the whole Mediterranean area [42][43][44], Austria [45][46][47], Slovakia [48] and the Nordic countries [49,50]).Plant use patterns are usually not static. In many cases ethnobotanical studies reveal either a dramatic or gradual loss of traditional knowledge and practices (e.g. [3,50,51]). The changes in patterns of wild plant use differ by region and are associated with lifestyle changes, urbanization, large-scale farming, lesser contact with nature and many other reasons. Moreover, times of famine seem to be in the distant past for industrially developed countries. Food made of cultivated plants and bought from the supermarket appears on the table with relatively little effort, while collecting wild species is more time consuming and season-dependent. In spite of that, the importance of wild food plants for food security and in shaping alternative models of consumption is emphasized [52]. Wild food plants cannot be considered "famine food" only, as many of them were and still are used on several other occasions as well (cf. [53]). Moreover, in Europe there are new phenomena associated with plant use appearing in modern societies. Some of them have to do with migration and new ethnic minorities appearing in cities and bringing new traditions with them. Other phenomena appear due to new trends in nutrition and self-medication facilitated by the instantaneous spread of information via the Internet. On top of that not all the traditions are gone, in some areas for a variety of reasons old traditions are cultivated while in others, they are lost.In this review we would like to give an overall picture of what is happening to the traditional use of wild food plants in different parts of Europe at the dawn of the 21st century. What are wild food plants?The term "wild" refers to those plants that grow without being cultivated. It mostly includes native species growing in their natural habitat, but sometimes managed, as well as introduced species that have been naturalized [15].Apart from that, a large number of other species are perceived as "wild" and labelled in this way, sometimes for marketing purposes (positive term) or as a negative term (as AbstractThe aim of this review is to present an overview of changes in the contemporary use of wild food plants in Europe, mainly using the examples of our home countries: Poland, Italy, Spain, Estonia and Sweden. We set the scene referring to the nutrition of 19th century peasants, involving many famine and emergency foods. Later we discuss such issues as children's wild snacks, the association between the decline of plant knowledge and the disappearance of plant use, the effects of over-exploitation, the decrease of t...

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Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles

Łuczaj

Pieroni

Tardío³

et al. 2012

Acta Soc Bot Pol

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“…In the case of non-cultivated traditional vegetables, despite its intermingled nutritional and medicinal role has been widely documented (Etkin, 1996;Guarrera, 2003;Heinrich, Leonti, Nebel, & Peschel, 2005;Pardo-de-Santayana, Tardío, & Morales, 2005;Carvalho & Morales, 2010), there are regions where they are mainly seen as an inferior, low-calorie part of the diet (e.g., Poland, Łuczaj, 2010). On the contrary there are herbophilous regions, where people appreciate non-cultivated greens and even perceive their health benefits (Ishtiaq et al, 2007).…”

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Mediterranean non-cultivated vegetables as dietary sources of compounds with antioxidant and biological activity

Morales¹,

Ferreira²,

Carvalho³

et al. 2014

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“…Many previous studies refer to the genus Diplotaxis as traditionally used plants with therapeutic properties. Moreover, several species of Diplotaxis are reported as food crops in different regions (Guarrera 2003). In fact, these herbs are appreciated for their strong pungent flavour and they are consumed raw or cooked, in salads and soups (Zouari 2015).…”

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Anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative activities of the wild edible cruciferous:Diplotaxis simplex

Jdir

Khemakham

Najjaa

et al. 2016

Pharmaceutical Biology

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Context The present study deals with new biological properties of the wild edible Diplotaxis simplex (Viv.) Spreng (Brassicaceae). Objectives The current study evaluates the antioxidant, the anti-inflammatory and the anti-cancer properties of ethyl acetate and ethanol extracts from D. simplex flowers. Materials and methods The anti-proliferative activity of the extracts (10-70 mg/mL) was assessed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) against human colon cancer cell line Caco-2. The anti-inflammatory potential was evaluated by the inhibitory effect of the extracts (1.5-7.5 mg/mL) on phospholipase A2 activity as well as on carrageenan-induced paw oedema in mice. Extracts (200 mg/kg) or indomethacin (50 mg/kg) as positive control were injected intraperitoneally for albino mice prior to the induction of the oedema by carrageenan. Antioxidant activities were investigated using various complementary methods.Results Flower extracts contained a high level of polyphenolics (17.10-52.70 mg GAE/g) and flavonoids (74.20-100.60 mg QE/g), which correlate with its appreciable antioxidant potential in b-carotene peroxidation (IC 50 value: 12.50-27.10 mg/mL), DPPH radical-scavenging (IC 50 value: 0.20-0.40 mg/mL), Fe 3+ reducing (EC 50 value: 0.10-0.14 mg/mL) and Fe 2+ chelating (IC 50 value: 0.20-0.60 mg/mL) assays. These extracts were effective in inhibiting cancer cell growth (IC 50 value: 62.0-63.25 mg/mL). Besides, the ethyl acetate extract inhibited phospholipase A2 activity (IC 50 value: 2.97 mg/mL) and reduced the paw oedema in mice (from 0.38 ± 0.01 to 0.24 ± 0.01 cm), 4 h postcarrageenan challenge. Conclusion These data suggest that D. simplex may be useful as a candidate in the treatment of inflammation and the colon cancer.ARTICLE HISTORY

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Food medicine and minor nourishment in the folk traditions of Central Italy (Marche, Abruzzo and Latium)

Cited by 158 publications

References 20 publications

Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles

Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles

Mediterranean non-cultivated vegetables as dietary sources of compounds with antioxidant and biological activity

Anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative activities of the wild edible cruciferous:Diplotaxis simplex

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