Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36432098›Full record

ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Prospective Role of Indigenous Leafy Vegetables as Functional Food Ingredients.

Nyarai Mungofa, July Johannes Sibanyoni, Mpho Edward Mashau, Daniso Beswa

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nyarai MungofaDepartment of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Science Campus, Johannesburg 1709, South Africa.
July Johannes SibanyoniSchool of Hospitality and Tourism, University of Mpumalanga, Mbombela Campus, Mbombela 1200, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3759-9208
Mpho Edward MashauDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7797-2292
Daniso BeswaDepartment of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Science Campus, Johannesburg 1709, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2277-9046
University of South Africa · ZAUniversity of Mpumalanga · ZAUniversity of Venda · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indigenous leafy vegetables (ILVs) play a pivotal role in sustaining the lives of many people of low socio-economic status who reside in rural areas of most developing countries. Such ILVs contribute to food security since they withstand harsher weather and soil conditions than their commercial counterparts and supply important nutrients such as dietary fibre, vitamins and minerals. Furthermore, ILVs contain bioactive components such as phenolic compounds, flavonoids, dietary fibre, carotene content and vitamin C that confer health benefits on consumers. Several studies have demonstrated that regular and adequate consumption of vegetables reduces risks of chronic conditions such as diabetes, cancer, metabolic disorders such as obesity in children and adults, as well as cardiovascular disease. However, consumption of ILVs is very low globally as they are associated with unbalanced and poor diets, with being food for the poor and with possibly containing toxic heavy metals. Therefore, this paper reviews the role of ILVs as food security crops, the biodiversity of ILVs, the effects of processing on the bioactivity of ILVs, consumer acceptability of food derived from ILVs, potential toxicity of some ILVs and the potential role ILVs play in the future of eating.

Indexed as

Food IngredientsPediatric ObesityChildDietary FiberHumansPlant LeavesVegetablesDietary FiberFood Ingredientsderivative foodsfood securityfuture of eatingindigenous leafy vegetablesprocessing practices

Identifiers

PMID36432098
PMCPMC9696032
OpenAlexW4309458842

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