Phytochemical characterization of raw and cooked traditionally consumed alimurgic plants.

ABSTRACT: In the past, wild edible alimurgic plants became an important alternative food source when poverty, wars or drought made it difficult to access crops. These plants were considered rich in highly nutritional compounds and also frequently used as food-medicine given their health-promoting properties. With the aim of improving our knowledge on the content of beneficial or detrimental compounds in relation with past local dietary and curative traditions, 12 wild food plant species were collected from two study areas selected for their very different degree of industrialization, urbanization, and conservation of local past traditions among the population: the Bologna province (Northern Italy) and the Middle Agri Valley (Southern Italy). Protein, polyphenol flavonoid and biogenic amine (both fre

SUBMITTER: Monari S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8389401 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature