Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from Central Italy: <i>Tordylium apulum</i> L. and <i>Urospermum dalechampii</i> (L.) F.W. Schmid

Edible wild plants have provided an important source of food since time immemorial and have continued to do so until the present day. The study aimed to evaluate ethnobotanical uses and nutraceutical properties of Tordylium apulum L. and Urospermum dalechampii (L.) F.W. Schmidt. The ethnobotanical...

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Main Authors: Aldo Ranfa, Fabio Orlandi, Angela Maurizi, Mara Bodesmo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Julius Kühn-Institut 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
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Online Access:https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/4694
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spelling doaj-403618733ad9423fa18c63fb7e4131502021-03-02T01:30:42ZengJulius Kühn-InstitutJournal of Applied Botany and Food Quality1613-92161439-040X2015-10-0188110.5073/JABFQ.2015.088.0364694Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from Central Italy: <i>Tordylium apulum</i> L. and <i>Urospermum dalechampii</i> (L.) F.W. SchmidAldo Ranfa0Fabio Orlandi1Angela Maurizi2Mara Bodesmo3Università degli studi di Perugia - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed AmbientaleUniversità degli studi di Perugia - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed AmbientaleUniversità degli studi di Perugia - Dipartimento di Scienze FarmaceuticheUniversità degli studi di Perugia - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale Edible wild plants have provided an important source of food since time immemorial and have continued to do so until the present day. The study aimed to evaluate ethnobotanical uses and nutraceutical properties of Tordylium apulum L. and Urospermum dalechampii (L.) F.W. Schmidt. The ethnobotanical data collected showed that knowledge of these two species was not limited to alimentary use, but also included folk medicinal properties. Data obtained by nutraceutical analysis demonstrated how these species contain many of the so-called minor nutrients, such as carotenoids, tocopherol, and polyphenols. Furthermore in a comparison with some cultivated species, these species showed higher calcium, iron, and phosphorus values. T. apulum also showed significant vitamin A, polyphenol and ORAC values. https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/4694edible wild plants EWPnutraceutical propertiesantioxidant capacityethnobotanylocal knowledge
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author Aldo Ranfa
Fabio Orlandi
Angela Maurizi
Mara Bodesmo
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Fabio Orlandi
Angela Maurizi
Mara Bodesmo
Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from Central Italy: <i>Tordylium apulum</i> L. and <i>Urospermum dalechampii</i> (L.) F.W. Schmid
Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
edible wild plants EWP
nutraceutical properties
antioxidant capacity
ethnobotany
local knowledge
author_facet Aldo Ranfa
Fabio Orlandi
Angela Maurizi
Mara Bodesmo
author_sort Aldo Ranfa
title Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from Central Italy: <i>Tordylium apulum</i> L. and <i>Urospermum dalechampii</i> (L.) F.W. Schmid
title_short Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from Central Italy: <i>Tordylium apulum</i> L. and <i>Urospermum dalechampii</i> (L.) F.W. Schmid
title_full Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from Central Italy: <i>Tordylium apulum</i> L. and <i>Urospermum dalechampii</i> (L.) F.W. Schmid
title_fullStr Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from Central Italy: <i>Tordylium apulum</i> L. and <i>Urospermum dalechampii</i> (L.) F.W. Schmid
title_full_unstemmed Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from Central Italy: <i>Tordylium apulum</i> L. and <i>Urospermum dalechampii</i> (L.) F.W. Schmid
title_sort ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from central italy: <i>tordylium apulum</i> l. and <i>urospermum dalechampii</i> (l.) f.w. schmid
publisher Julius Kühn-Institut
series Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
issn 1613-9216
1439-040X
publishDate 2015-10-01
description Edible wild plants have provided an important source of food since time immemorial and have continued to do so until the present day. The study aimed to evaluate ethnobotanical uses and nutraceutical properties of Tordylium apulum L. and Urospermum dalechampii (L.) F.W. Schmidt. The ethnobotanical data collected showed that knowledge of these two species was not limited to alimentary use, but also included folk medicinal properties. Data obtained by nutraceutical analysis demonstrated how these species contain many of the so-called minor nutrients, such as carotenoids, tocopherol, and polyphenols. Furthermore in a comparison with some cultivated species, these species showed higher calcium, iron, and phosphorus values. T. apulum also showed significant vitamin A, polyphenol and ORAC values.
topic edible wild plants EWP
nutraceutical properties
antioxidant capacity
ethnobotany
local knowledge
url https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/4694
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