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Plants in human health and nutrition policyEdited by A P Simopoulos and C Gopalan
World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics Series No. 91
The present volume includes a series of studies on edible wild plants and their impact on human health. Today the diet of developed societies is limited to a few cultivated vegetables while the developing countries often lack an adequate supply of micronutrients. Wild plants contain antioxidant, omega-3 fatty acid and micronutrient components that contribute to both a decrease in the risk for chronic diseases as well as the reduction of nutritional deficiencies. Thus they address many diet-related problems at both ends of the socio-economic spectrum. Results from research provide data on the composition of indigenous plants from various areas of the world and show that consumption of green leafy vegetables corrects deficiencies successfully. The book also deals with nutrition policy integrating indigenous foods against micronutrient deficiency. Implementation of scientific evidence is an essential precondition for improving nutrition policy.
Nutritionists, food producers, botanists, agronomists, food technologists, pharmacologists as well as all professionals involved with food policy and human development will find in this book a valuable and updated basis for their work.
ISBN 3 8055 7554 8
ISBN-13: 978 3 8055 7554 6
June 2003
138 pages 234 x 156mm hardback
£165.00 / US$280.00 / €200.00
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Contents
Nutritional composition of molokhia (Corchorus olitorius) and stamnagathi (Cichorium spinosum); Nutritional composition of selected wild plants in the diet of Crete; Kanjero (Digera arvensis) and drumstick leaves (Moringa oleifera): Nutrient profile and potential for human consumption; Ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis Voigt, Coccinia cordifolia, Coccinia indica) in human nutrition and traditional applications; Acerola (Malpighia glabra L., M. punicifolia L., M. emarginata D.C.): Agriculture, production and nutrition; Food-based approaches to prevent and control micronutrient malnutrition: Scientific evidence and policy implications.