Almost every ecosystem has been amended so that plants and animals can be used as
food, fibre, fodder, medicines, traps and weapons. Historically, wild plants and animals were …

The use of non-cultivated plants in a daily diet based on local cuisines is potentially of
considerable interest to nutritional scientists, because of the plants' role as local products …

The use of local Mediterranean food plants is at the brink of disappearance. Even though
there is relatively abundant information on inventories of wild edible taxa, there is also a …

The classic domestication scenario for grains and fruits has been portrayed as the lucky
fixation of major-effect “domestication genes.” Characterization of these genes plus recent …

The Mediterranean basin has a long and multifaceted cultural history and harbors a high
biodiversity. Epidemiological studies have drawn attention to certain traditional …

In this study, 121 wild edible plants used as food in Anatolia were surveyed to determine the
plant parts used and their detailed preparation methods. The results of this study show that …

This study documents wild food species in a locally managed forest by the inhabitants of
nine villages in the Dolakha district, Nepal. It presents data on their diversity, and traditional …

Background: The effects of vegetable oils on human health depend on their components.
Therefore, their profiles of lipid nutrients and polyphenols were determined. Objective: To …

Discover neglected wild food sources—that can also be used as medicine! The long-
standing notion of “food as medicine, medicine as food,” can be traced back to Hippocrates …

This study evaluates the toxic, mutagenic and antimutagenic effects of emerging edible
plants that are consumed as new leafy vegetables in Taiwan. Among eight plant extracts …