scholarly journals Wild Food Plant Popularization and Biocultural Conservation: Challenges and Perspectives

2021 ◽  
pp. 341-349
Author(s):  
Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros ◽  
Déborah Monteiro Barbosa ◽  
Gabriela Maria Cota dos Santos ◽  
Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Food Plant ◽  
Wild Food ◽  
Wild Food Plant ◽  
Biocultural Conservation

scholarly journals Phytochemical characterization of raw and cooked traditionally consumed alimurgic plants

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0256703
Author(s):  
Stefania Monari ◽  
Maura Ferri ◽  
Beatrice Montecchi ◽  
Mirko Salinitro ◽  
Annalisa Tassoni
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Phenolic Compounds ◽  
Biogenic Amines ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Food Plant ◽  
Wild Food ◽  
Edible Plant ◽  
Wild Food Plant ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Cooking Water

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 free and conjugated) contents and antioxidant activity of raw and boiled wild food plant extracts, and of cooking water were analyzed by means of spectrophotometric and high-performance liquid chromatography methods. The results demonstrated that most of the phenolic compounds were released in the cooking water which also showed the highest antioxidant activity. Seventeen different phenolic compounds were identified, of which the health-related luteolin, luteolin-7-glucoside and rutin were the most abundant (e.g., S. pratensis L. and C. intybus L.). On the other hand, biogenic amines were absent or present at very low levels in cooking water of those very same species (e.g., S. pratensis L., T. officinalis Weber, C. vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia and C. intybus L.) of which traditionally a decoction is used for therapeutic purposes. Free and conjugated spermidine and spermine were generally the most abundant biogenic amines, while none of the known detrimental monoamines (e.g., histamine) was detected. In conclusion, the present results seem to support past local popular traditions which indicated beneficial medical properties of some wild edible plant, as well as of their cooking water.

scholarly journals Consumption Survey of Justicia Galeopsis T. Anderson Ex C.B. Clarke (Acanthaceae) a Wild Food Plant in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 361
Author(s):  
Ahou Leticia Loukou ◽  
Koua Herve Kouakou ◽  
Adouko Edith Agbo ◽  
Kouakou Brou
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Food Plant ◽  
Wild Food ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Wild Food Plant ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
The Village

The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge and consumption of Justicia galeopsis, a wild food plant, in Abengourou (Côte d’Ivoire). A survey of food consumption has been conducted among the populations and 100 persons have been interviewed. The data revealed that they all have already consumed J. galeopsis leaves. The main reasons of J. galeopsisleaves consumption refer to nutritional value and flavor. There were always cooking before eating and associated mainly with groundnuts (95%) or gumbo (5%). Twenty-seven percent of consumers every day eat J. galeopsis leaves against 64% who consume once or twice a week, 6% twice a month, 3% occasionally. 6% the populations collected these leaves in the market against 94% who obtained them from their field which is far from the village. Although the fields were far from the village, 74% of population prepares J. galeopsis just after the collect without conservation. The cooking time of leaves associated with peanuts or okra is estimated by 41% of the households at 30 minutes. Five percent prepared them during 45 minutes and 22% during one (1) hour. This study reveals that J. galeopsis is a famous plant in Abengourou. Its leaves are greatly appreciated by all populations studied.

scholarly journals Wild Food Plant Gathering among Kalasha, Yidgha, Nuristani and Khowar Speakers in Chitral, NW Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9176
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abdul Aziz ◽  
Zahid Ullah ◽  
Andrea Pieroni
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Food Plant ◽  
Food Plants ◽  
Wild Food ◽  
Wild Food Plants ◽  
Cultural Resilience ◽  
Wild Food Plant ◽  
Biocultural Heritage ◽  
Sisymbrium Irio

The documentation of local food resources among linguistic/cultural minorities is essential for fostering measures aimed at sustaining food biocultural heritage. Moreover, interdisciplinary studies on food cultural heritage represent a vital aspect of promoting environmental and social sustainability. The current study aimed to record the traditional foraging of wild food plants (WFPs) among three minority groups (Kalasha, Muslim Ismaili Yidgha, and Muslim Sunni Kamkata-vari speakers) as well as the dominant (Sunni Muslim) Kho/Chitrali people in the Kalasha and Lotkoh valleys, Chitral, NW Pakistan. A field survey recorded fifty-five locally gathered wild food plants and three mycological taxa. Most of the WFPs were used raw as snacks or as cooked vegetables, and Yidgha speakers reported the highest number of WFPs. Although the wild food plant uses of the four considered groups were quite similar, Yidgha speakers exclusively reported the use of Heracleum candicans, Matricaria chamomilla, Seriphidium brevifolium, and Sisymbrium irio. Similarly, Kalasha speakers reported the highest number of use reports, and along with Yidgha speakers they quoted a few WFPs that were frequently used only by them. The results of the study showed a remarkable degree of cultural adaptation of the minority groups to the dominant Kho/Chitrali culture, but also some signs of cultural resilience among those linguistic and religious minorities that were historically more marginalized (Kalasha and Yidgha speakers). The recorded food biocultural heritage should be seriously considered in future development programs aimed at fostering social cohesion and sustainability.

scholarly journals Active Wild Food Practices among Culturally Diverse Groups in the 21st Century across Latgale, Latvia

Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 551
Author(s):  
Baiba Prūse ◽  
Andra Simanova ◽  
Ieva Mežaka ◽  
Raivo Kalle ◽  
Julia Prakofjewa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Food Plant ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Food Plants ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Wild Food ◽  
Wild Food Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Wild Food Plant

Local ecological knowledge (LEK), including but not limited to the use of wild food plants, plays a large role in sustainable natural resource management schemes, primarily due to the synergy between plants and people. There are calls for the study of LEK in culturally diverse areas due to a loss of knowledge, the active practice of utilizing wild plants in various parts of the world, and a decline in biodiversity. An ethnobotanical study in a border region of Latvia, characterised by diverse natural landscapes and people with deep spiritual attachments to nature, provided an opportunity for such insight, as well as the context to analyse wild food plant usages among different sociocultural groups, allowing us to explore the differences among these groups. Semi-structured interviews were carried out as part of a wider ethnobotanical field study to obtain information about wild food plants and their uses. The list of wild food plant uses, derived from 72 interviews, revealed a high level of homogenisation (in regards to knowledge) among the study groups, and that many local uses of wild food plants are still actively practiced. People did not gather plants as a recreational activity but rather as a source of diet diversification. The results provide evidence of the importance of safeguarding ecological and cultural diversity due to high local community dependency on natural resources.

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