ReviewFrontiers in plant science2020
The Biodiversity of Edible Flowers: Discovering New Tastes and New Health Benefits.
Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- Feature Reviews on Food Microbiology.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A Comprehensive Review of Edible Flowers with a Focus on Microbiological, Nutritional, and Potential Health Aspects.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Traditionally Used Edible Flowers as a Source of Neuroactive, Antioxidant, and Anti-Inflammatory Extracts and Bioactive Compounds: A Narrative Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Flower Species Ingredient Verification Using Orthogonal Molecular Methods.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Simultaneous Determination of 23 Pyrrolizidine and Tropane Alkaloids in Infusions from Dry Edible Flowers Using Optimized μSPEedFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- First Insights on the Bioaccessibility and Absorption of Anthocyanins from Edible Flowers: Wild Pansy, Cosmos, and Cornflower.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Ethnobotanical study on edible flowers in Xishuangbanna, China.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2023Review
- A comparative metabolomics investigation of flavonoid variation in faba bean flowers.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2023Article
- Flowers and Inflorescences of Selected Medicinal Plants as a Source of Triterpenoids and Phytosterols.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Widely targeted metabolomics reveals the antioxidant and anticancer activities of different colors ofFrontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Editorial: Innovative technologies and advancements in designing custom-made ornamental plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Edible Flowers Used in Some Countries of the Mediterranean Basin: An Ethnobotanical Overview.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Influence ofHeliyon · 2022Article
- Edible Flower Species as a Promising Source of Specialized Metabolites.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Impact of Drying Conditions on Antioxidant Activity of Red Clover (Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Compositional Aspects of Edible Flowers as an Emerging Horticultural Product.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Chemical, Nutritional and Sensory Characteristics of Six Ornamental Edible Flowers Species.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Floriculture and horticulture have always been two parallel and very distinct agronomic realities. Floriculture is concerned with meeting the ornamental needs of our urban ecosystems, while horticulture is based on meeting food requirements. These two activities have now converged toward a food chain where flowers are conceived of as a sort of "new vegetable" and one of the most promising novelties to satisfy the growing need for food innovation both in terms of an organoleptic and nutraceutical profile. This novelty has rapidly evolved, especially following the growing scientific evidence of the human health benefits of flowers used as food. The typically high pigment concentration of the corollas (especially flavonoids and carotenoids), which have evolved to chromatically attract pollinators, indicates a marked nutraceutical activity especially in terms of antioxidant power. In this review, we first attempted to explore which species are most promising and which should be avoided due to real or suspected toxicity problems. The nutraceutical virtues were therefore highlighted trying to focus attention on those "functional phytochemicals" capable of counteracting some specific human pathologies. Furthermore, the organoleptic profile of edible flowers was investigated since this is one of the least known aspects. The cropping systems suitable for their cultivation were therefore hypothesized and finally the criticalities of edible flowers were addressed in terms of shelf life and marketing opportunities.
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