Wild berries and related wild small fruits as traditional healthy foods

JM Aguilera, T Toledo - Critical Reviews in Food Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The consumption of cultivated berry species (eg, strawberries, blueberries) has increased
dramatically in the last two decades after consumers appreciated them as flavorful …

[HTML][HTML] Edible flowers used in some countries of the Mediterranean basin: An ethnobotanical overview

R Motti, B Paura, A Cozzolino, B Falco - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Edible flowers are becoming an essential component of people's nutrition in the
Mediterranean basin. In the last decades, many researchers also have focused their …

Local food crops in Africa: sustainable utilization, threats, and traditional storage strategies

MC Ogwu - Sustainable utilization and conservation of Africa's …, 2023 - Springer
In Africa, local foods produced from local food crops have social, economic, cultural,
religious, moral, spiritual, symbolic, ethical, environmental, psychological, physiological …

Food tourism challenges in the pandemic period: getting back to traditional and natural-based products

M Luković, M Kostić… - Current Issues in Tourism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Searching for rural, intact areas out of cities during the COVID-19 crisis, tourists brought
renewed interest in consuming traditional food based on wild edible herbs/natural products …

An ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Tach Gayint district, South Gondar zone, Amhara region, Northwestern Ethiopia

Y Yiblet, E Adamu - Evidence‐Based Complementary and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to carry out an ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological
investigation on wild edible plants and their value to households in the Tach Gayint district of …

Himalayan wild fruits as a strong source of nutraceuticals, therapeutics, food and nutrition security

P Semwal, S Painuli, A Jamloki, A Rauf… - Food Reviews …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The Himalayan region supports a wide diversity of flora and fauna; hence it is home to many
natural resources. Despite this, the people living here are struggling for essential needs …

[HTML][HTML] Foraging Wild Edibles: Dietary Diversity in Expanded Food Systems

AC Bellows, S Raj, E Pitstick, MR Potteiger… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human food foraging in community forests offers extensive and expandable sources of food
and high-quality nutrition that support chronic disease prevention and management and are …

Quantitative ethnomedicinal studies of wild edible fruits used by the indigenous people of the Surghar Range, Pakistan

S Hussain, F Ullah, A Shah, I Ullah… - Ethnobotany …, 2023 - ethnobotanyjournal.org
Background: Surghar range is one of Pakistan's backward and less explored areas with
numerous wild edible fruit species. Indigenous people lack basic medical facilities and …

[HTML][HTML] New insights on primary and secondary metabolite contents of seven italian wild food plants with medicinal applications: A comparative study

S Monari, M Ferri, M Salinitro, A Tassoni - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wild food plants are widely consumed all over the world and many have both nutritional and
therapeutic value due to the presence of biologically active compounds. The present …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Simultaneous Effect of Total Ion Concentration and K: Ca: Mg Ratio of the Nutrient Solution on the Growth and Nutritional Value of …

O Voutsinos-Frantzis, G Ntatsi, I Karavidas, I Neofytou… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nutrient-efficient plants and agricultural systems could tackle issues resulting from
conventional agriculture. Spiny chicory (Cichorium spinosum L.), a very adaptive, wild edible …