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Elemental characterization of wild edible plants from countryside and urban areas
Identifier
017966
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
There are two ways to look at this. If the soil is contaminated, then the plants are bioremedial agents, but there is no way we should eat those plants.
If the soil is not contaminated, then the same plants may be able to chelate us of these toxins.
Either way they are potential healers.
A description of the experience
Food Chem. 2015 Jun 15;177:29-36. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.12.069. Epub 2014 Dec 26.
Elemental characterization of wild edible plants from countryside and urban areas.
Renna M1, Cocozza C2, Gonnella M3, Abdelrahman H4, Santamaria P5.
- 1Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR - National Research Council of Italy, Via G. Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy.
- 2Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti (DISSPA), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy.
- 3Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR - National Research Council of Italy, Via G. Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: maria.gonnella@ispa.cnr.it.
- 4Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti (DISSPA), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy; Soil Science Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.
- 5Dipartimento di Scienze Agro-Ambientali e Territoriali (DISAAT), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy.
Abstract
Thirteen elements (Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Cr, Co, Cd, Ni and Pb) in 11 different wild edible plants (WEP)
- Amaranthus retroflexus,
- Foeniculum vulgare,
- Cichorium intybus,
- Glebionis coronaria,
- Sonchus spp.,
- Borago officinalis,
- Diplotaxis tenuifolia,
- Sinapis arvensis,
- Papaver rhoeas,
- Plantago lagopus and
- Portulaca oleracea
collected from countryside and urban areas of Bari (Italy) were determined.
B.officinalis and P.rhoeas could represent good nutritional sources of Mn and Fe, respectively, as well as A.retroflexus and S.arvensis for Ca.
High intake of Pb and Cd could come from P.lagopus and A.retroflexus (1.40 and 0.13 mg kg(-1) FW, respectively).
WEP may give a substantial contribution to the elements intake for consumers, but in some cases they may supply high level of elements potentially toxic for human health. Anyway, both ANOVA and PCA analyses have highlighted the low influence of the harvesting site on the elements content.
KEYWORDS:
Cadmium (PubChem CID: 23973); Calcium (PubChem CID: 5460341); EC regulation; Essential elements; Food risk; ICP-OES; Iron (PubChem CID: 23925); Lead (PubChem CID: 5352425); Local habit; Magnesium (PubChem CID: 5462224); Manganese (PubChem CID: 23930); Nickel (PubChem CID: 935); Nutritional value
PMID:
25660854