Indigenous and traditional plants: South African parents' knowledge, perceptions and uses and their children's sensory acceptance

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Van der Hoeven, Marinka ^a   Osei, Jennifer ^a   Greeff, Minrie ^a   Kruger, Annamarie ^a   Faber, Mieke ^b   Smuts, Cornelius M ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African leafy vegetables; Indigenous plants; Knowledge; Parents; Perception; Primary school children; Sensory evaluation; South Africa; Traditional plants; Use

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; GYNANDROPSIS GYNANDRA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PERCEPTION; SENSATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; SENSATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84888124693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-78     Document Type: Article

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