The co-evolutionary perspective of the food-medicine continuum and wild gathered and cultivated vegetables

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1295-1302

  Leonti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro biodiversity; Beta caryophyllen; Cannabinoid receptor; Falcarinol; Glucosinolates; Neolithic diet; Nutraceuticals

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELOCHEMICAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTYPE; COEVOLUTION; COMMERCIALIZATION; CULTIVAR; DIET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECOTYPE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; GERMPLASM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDICINE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE; WEED; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84866451895     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-012-9894-7     Document Type: Article

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