@article {158,
	title = {Wild and semi-domesticated food plant consumption in seven circum-Mediterranean areas},
	journal = {International Journal of Food Sciences and NutritionInternational Journal of Food Sciences and NutritionInternational Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition},
	volume = {59},
	number = {5},
	year = {2008},
	note = {334UFTimes Cited:51Cited References Count:97},
	pages = {383-414},
	abstract = {The use of local Mediterranean food plants is at the brink of disappearance. Even though there is relatively abundant information on inventories of wild edible taxa, there is also a crucial need to understand how these plants are consumed and when and how these consumption phenomena change over time and place around the Mediterranean. Additionally, it is important to study such knowledge systems and find innovative ways of infusing them to the future Mediterranean generations. During the years 2003-2006 a circum-Mediterranean ethnobotanical field survey for wild food plants was conducted in selected study sites in seven Mediterranean areas (European Union-funded RUBIA Project). Structured and semi-structured questionnaires have been administered to indigenous people and 294 wild food plant taxa were documented in the survey. A comparative analysis of the data was undertaken showing that the quantity and quality of traditional knowledge varies among the several study areas and is closely related to the traditions, environment and cultural heritage of each country. More similarities of wild edible popular use were revealed between the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Mediterranean.},
	keywords = {chameleon, edible plants, ethnobiology, Ethnobotany, food medicine, iberian peninsula, kingdom, mapuche community, medicinal-plants, mediterranean diet, siaya district, southern-africa, swaziland, vegetables, wild food plants},
	isbn = {0963-7486},
	author = {Hadjichambis, A. C. and Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, D. and Della, A. and Giusti, M. E. and De Pasquale, C. and Lenzarini, C. and Censorii, E. and Gonzales-Tejero, M. R. and Sanchez-Rojas, C. P. and Ramiro-Gutierrez, J. M. and Skoula, M. and Johnson, C. and Sarpaki, A. and Hmamouchi, M. and Jorhi, S. and El-Demerdash, M. and El-Zayat, M. and Pieroni, A.}
}
@article {129,
	title = {Survey of Phytochemical Composition and Biological Effects of Three Extracts from a Wild Plant (Cotoneaster nummularia Fisch et Mey.): A Potential Source for Functional Food Ingredients and Drug Formulations},
	journal = {Plos OnePlos OnePlos One},
	volume = {9},
	number = {11},
	year = {2014},
	note = {Au3sgTimes Cited:0Cited References Count:61},
	month = {Nov 19},
	abstract = {This study was focused on the analysis of the phenolic content, antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-cholinesterase, anti-tyrosinase, anti-amylase and anti-glucosidase activity of three solvent extracts from Cotoneaster nummularia. Moreover, water extract was tested in terms of mutagenic/anti-mutagenic effects. The antioxidant activities of these extracts were evaluated by DPPH, ABTS, O-2, metal chelating, phosphomolybdenum, beta-carotene/linoleic acid, ferric and cupric reducing power assays. Enzyme inhibitory activities were also examined with colorimetric methods. Generally, methanol and water extracts exhibited excellent biological activities. These extracts were rich in phenolic and flavonoid content. Furthermore, Cotoneaster extracts indicated appreciable antibacterial properties against human pathogen strains. HPLC analysis showed that ferulic acid, chlorogenic acid, (-) - epicatechin and (+)-catechin were the major phenolics in extracts tested. These data offer that these extracts from C. nummularia may be considered as a potential source of biological agents for developing functional foods or drug formulations.},
	keywords = {antioxidant activities, aqueous extracts, essential oil, ferulic acid, herbal teas, in-vitro, l., medicinal-plants, total phenolic content, turkey},
	isbn = {1932-6203},
	author = {Zengin, G. and Uysal, A. and Gunes, E. and Aktumsek, A.}
}
