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ArticlePloS one2021

Phytochemical characterization of raw and cooked traditionally consumed alimurgic plants.

Stefania Monari, Maura Ferri, Beatrice Montecchi, Mirko Salinitro, Annalisa Tassoni

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Stefania MonariDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Maura FerriDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Beatrice MontecchiDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Mirko SalinitroDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Annalisa TassoniDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3541-4030
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Abstract

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.

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EthnobotanyAntioxidantsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCookingFlavonoidsGlucosidesHumansItalyLuteolinPhenolsPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsPlants, EdiblePolyphenolsAntioxidantsFlavonoidsGlucosidesLuteolinluteolin-7-glucosidePhenolsPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsPolyphenols

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PMCPMC8389401
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