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The importance of traditional uses and nutraceutical aspects of some edible wild plants in human nutrition: the case of Umbria (central Italy)
No full textThis study aimed to show how the importance of edible wild plants regards not only a question of uses linked to folk traditions but also their value inn human nutrition.Data on the use of 50 species were collected through informed consent semistructured interviews with local informants
Characterization of Volatile Fraction of Saffron from Central Italy (Cascia, Umbria)
No full textSaffron, the world's most expensive spice, is valuable for its color, taste, aroma, and properties, which are influenced by the postharvest treatments. In this research solid-phase micro-extraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was performed to analyze saffron produced in the area of Cascia, central Italy. The samples were dried under different conditions as a function of time and temperature. The main volatiles in addition to safranal were isophorone, 4-ketoisophorone, and 2,2,6-trimethyl-1,4-cyclohexanedione. In some samples, two new compounds (2,4,4-trimethyl-1-pentene and 1,3,3-trimethyl-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane-2,5-dione) were identified. Their content increased with drying temperature and time and they could be characteristic of saffron produced in the selected geographical area. Moreover the results confirmed that the drying conditions strongly influenced saffron volatile profile
Nutritional status of the elderly V). Dietary and biochemical data and anthropometry of noninstitutionalized elderly in Perugia at the eleventh year follow-up.
No full textThe nutritional status of 93 noninstitutionalized elderly of the city of Perugia, mostly of them examined longitudinally, was assessed at the eleventh year follow-up. Diet is still rather rich and unbalanced. Alcohol intake in men is very high. Biological dietary errors have an impact on the nutritional status, particularly for folates, of the individual. But in this regard it is interesting to note that in some cases vitamin and mineral nutriture has improved at this follow-up. In addition the distribution of malnutrition is rather different from that of the previous follow-up. As on previous occasions, no correlation was observed between vitamin intake and corresponding nutritional status (with the exception of riboflavin). Obesity is rather common among women; men present a higher muscular area and hand muscular strength. The clinical evaluation of nutritional status evidences principally changes which are mostly ascribable to old age. Among the pathologies, chronic ischemic heart disease, hypertension, chronic respiratory diseases, osteoarthrosis and diabetes occur most frequently
La piramide alimentare umbra
No full textThe Food Pyramid is a graphical representation of a
Mediterranean dietary pattern that the international scientific community consider
the best to drive the population towards rational and healthy food choices.
Developed for the first time in 1992 by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA),
it has undergone some developments based on nutritional requirements, diet and
health relation new knowledge, economic conditions and lifestyle changes. Because
of its simple and intuitive graphics, the Food Pyramid represents an effective
instrument for Nutrition Education to help people implementing a diet that
promotes health and reduces the risk of disease. The arrangement of the food
products inside it indicates both quantity (transversely) and frequency (longitudinally)
which food should be consumed. The proposal to develop a Food Pyramid
of the Mediterranean Umbria (from the latin mediterraneus, literally “in the middle
of land” and therefore Mediterranea regio) derived from the will to promote a nutrition
education intervention aimed at correcting and rationalizing population food habits using the typical/traditional regional products. The added value of the proposal is promoting Umbria food products, whose excellent quality is the result of a still intact land, particular pedoclimatic conditions and crops/breeding care, supported by history heritage and ongoing scientific research
The Role of Edible Wild Plants in Human Nutrition: Ethnobotanical Uses and Nutritional Properties. The Case Study of Umbria, Central Italy
No full textThis chapter deals the importance of edible wild plants as regards not only the ethnobotanical uses but also their value in human nutrition. Particularly in the past, these species played an important supporting role in daily nutrition and provided a balanced intake of oligoelements, vitamins and minerals. However, aspects that have attracted recent interest are the nutraceutical properties of these species and the health benefits that derive from their habitual consumption. Data on the use of 60 species were collected through informed consent ad hoc semi-structured interviews with local informants. Furthermore, the nutraceutical analysis centered on some of the commonly used wild edible plants demonstrates how these species contain many of the so-called minor nutrients, such as antioxidant vitamins and polyphenol
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
Full text linkEdible 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
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