Wild edible plants (WEPs) can be defined as native species that grow and reproduce
naturally in their natural habitat without being cultivated. Humans have gathered WEPs …

Despite actual knowledge of measuring ecosystem services, the importance of biodiversity
in sustaining such services in diverse landscapes and how indigenous cultures exploit …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Wild foods constitute an essential component of people's
diets around the world, but despite their widespread use and their cultural importance, wild …

The human feeding process has experienced constant evolution through history. Plant
products known by primitive people were used with different objectives: food, medicine …

Mediterranean basin is abundant with native edible species that have been used in human
diet throughout the centuries as an integral part of the so-called Mediterranean diet. Despite …

Wild edible plants (WEPs) are part of the cultural and genetic heritage of different regions of
the world. In times of famine and scarcity, these sources of nutrients and health-promoting …

The Mediterranean diet is acknowledged to be the healthiest dietary pattern around the
world, mainly based on plant foods from the rich Mediterranean flora. It is also known to …

The Mediterranean diet (MD) concept as currently known describes the dietary patterns that
were followed in specific regions of the area in the 1950s and 1960s. The broad recognition …

Wild food is considered as all the non-domesticated plant and animal resources that are
collected and hunted from forests and bushlands for the purpose of human feasting …

The global food system depends on a limited number of plant species. Plants with
unsatisfactory nutritional value are overproduced, whereas the wide variety of nutrient-rich …