Wild and semi-domesticated food plant consumption in seven circum-Mediterranean areas

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-414

  Hadjichambis, Andreas Ch ^a   Paraskeva Hadjichambi, Demetra ^a   Della, Athena ^a   Elena Giusti, Maria ^b   De Pasquale, Caterina ^b   Lenzarini, Cinzia ^b   Censorii, Elena ^b   Reyes Gonzales Tejero, Maria ^c   Patricia Sanchez Rojas, Cristina ^c   Ramiro Gutierrez, Jose ^c   Skoula, Melpomeni ^d   Johnson, Chris ^d   Sarpaki, Anaya ^d   Hmamouchi, Mohame ^e   Jorhi, Said ^e   El Demerdash, Mohamed ^f   El Zayat, Mustafa ^f   Pieroni, Andrea ^g  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e Institut National des Plantes Medicinales et Aromatiques   (Morocco)

^f Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnobiology; Ethnobotany; Food medicine; Mediterranean diet; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYPRUS; DOMESTICATED PLANT; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MOROCCO; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; WILD PLANT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIODIVERSITY; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 48249117200     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480701566495     Document Type: Article

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