A5030947049- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Botanical Research and Chemistry
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Botanical Studies and Applications
- Romani and Gypsy Studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Medicinal plant effects and applications
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Moringa oleifera research and applications
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Piperaceae Chemical and Biological Studies
University of Gastronomic Sciences
2023-2025
Charles University
2023-2025
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
2021-2023
This ethnobotanical study examines the traditional knowledge and usage patterns of wild plants in western Alps, specifically within Ubaye Bellino Valleys, through a comparative analysis data collected from 1983 (published 1990) to 2024. Our aims assess change plant usage, species diversity, changing roles local traditions Alpine mountain ecosystems. While survey documented medicinal uses centered around pastoralist practices, 2024 highlight notable increase use synanthropic plants, now...
Wild food plants (WFPs) have been an important source of human nutrition since ancient times, and it particularly revives when conventional is not available due to emergency situations, such as natural disasters conflicts. The war in Syria has entered 10 years started 2011, caused the largest war-related crises World War II. Nearly 60% Syrian population (12.4 million people) are food-insecure. WFPs already culturally region, may be supplementing local diets during this conflict. Our study...
This study examines changes in medicinal and wild food plant knowledge the Alpine Southern Occitan area, focusing on temporal cultural shifts. Drawing from ethnobotanical data Maira Valley (1970, 2022), Stura (2004), Grana (2011), we explore dynamics use how they may have been generated by ecological, socio-economic, changes. A total of 308 taxa were recorded, with notable declines Asteraceae Lamiaceae utilizations 2022, suggesting a remarkable erosion traditional ecological (TEK)....
The current study reports an ethnobotanical field investigation of traditionally gathered and consumed wild greens (Chorta) in one the five so-called Blue Zones world: Ikaria Isle, Greece. Through 31 semi-structured interviews, a total 56 green plants were documented along with their culinary uses, linguistic labels, locally perceived tastes. Most described as bitter associated members Asteraceae Brassicaceae botanical families (31%), while among top-quoted greens, species belonging to these...
Plant foraging is a millennia-old activity still practiced by many people in the Middle East, particularly Fertile Crescent region, where several socioeconomic, ecological, and cultural factors shape this practice. This study seeks to understand drivers of plant complex region characterized highly diverse linguistic, religious, groups. Our aims document wild plants used Kurds Western Iran, identify similarities differences among Hawraman Mukriyan Kurdish groups compare our findings with...
Wild food plants (WFPs) play an important role in the traditional dietary habits of various indigenous communities worldwide, particularly mountainous regions. To understand dynamics preferences, cross-cultural studies on should be conducted across diverse ethnic groups a given area. In this context, current study investigated use WFPs by seven different cultural Kashmir Himalayan Region. area, people gather wild and their parts for direct consumption, foods, or sale local markets. Despite...
An ethnobotanical field study focusing on traditional wild greens (WGs) was carried out in Central Crete, Greece. Through thirty-one semi-structured interviews, a total of fifty-five green plants and their culinary uses linguistic labels were documented; they mostly consumed boiled (vrasta) or fried (tsigariasta), as filling for homemade pies. Comparison with some Greek historical data the 19th 20th centuries showed that WGs have remained resilient are still present current Cretan diet....
This article aims to contribute the limited literature on traditional gastronomic knowledge concerning acorn-based bread by ethnographically documenting ingredients, preparation techniques and consumption practices of baked goods made from acorn seeds flour that are still used today or at least present in living memory. A qualitative comparative case method was adopted, ethnographic data were gathered 67 people six selected Mediterranean, Central Asian Middle Eastern countries. The analysis...
Domestication of new plants is one the key (ongoing) phenomena in history agriculture. Wild are ancestors current and future crops largest reservoir genetic diversity for crop breeding improvement. food species have been used human nutrition since ancient times often object strategies coping with emergency situations, such as natural disasters conflicts. We analyzed qualitative data collected through ethnobotanical field studies conducted recent years five selected Eurasian regions...
A growing number of studies have acknowledged that food and ethnobotanical heritage traditionally played a crucial role in the resilience local communities, their potentially addressing future challenges posed by turbulent changes affecting systems worldwide. However, issue how why across cultures within same or similar foodscapes is still largely under-investigated. To partially contribute to this debate, we conducted exploratory fieldwork research 15 villages Bessarabia region southern...
This study investigates the phylogenetic and geographical distribution of wild food plants (WFPs) across 30 Mediterranean North African (MENA) regions, focusing on intersection evolutionary lineage, ecological adaptation, cultural utilization. A analysis 111 genera WFPs used in traditional diets reveals clusters reflecting shared ancestry, functional adaptations, resilience. Key regions such as Lebanon Ikaria stand out potential centers for diversity plant use, suggesting that Eastern may be...
Abstract Informal food markets, particularly those managed by (elderly) women in post-communist Eastern Europe, represent a biocultural phenomenon of profound significance since globalisation and increasingly strict legal frameworks often threaten these reservoirs heritage. In the fall 2022 2023, preliminary field study was conducted visiting informal markets six Moldovan centres: Chișinău, Orhei, Bălți, Călărași, Comrat, Taraclia, conversing with approximately 40 mid-aged elderly sellers....
The scientific accuracy of ethnobotanical study has significantly grown in the past decades due to adoption quantitative methods, mainly represented by indices. These approaches can provide data amenable hypothesis testing, statistical validation, and comparative analysis. Plenty indices are applied nowadays ethnobotany. However, none previously developed have argued for comparing general knowledge between two or more human groups. Hence, this seeks cover methodological gap proposes a novel...
This study focuses on the interplay between ecological, demographic, and developmental factors while examining changes in wild greens (WGs) uses Corfu from 1970 to 2024. A comparative analysis of historical contemporary datasets reveals a decline WG species 58 (belonging 47 genera 18 families) 1971 42 (37 genera, 16 The reduction cropland and, therefore, herbaceous vegetation has significantly contributed this loss, alongside urbanisation, demographic shifts, rise tourism-driven economies....
The traditional foraging of wild vegetables (WVs) has played an important role in the post-Neolithic development rural local food systems Near East and Mediterranean. This study assessed WVs gathered by ancient Maronite Arabic diaspora Kurmajit/Kormakitis village Northern Cyprus compared them with those their Cypriot Arab Levantine neighbors. An ethnobotanical field survey focusing on was conducted via twenty-two semi-structured interviews among few remaining elderly inhabitants...
Susa Valley, located in the Italian Western Alps, has served as a meeting point for cultural, spiritual, and commercial exchange long period of history. The valley’s role one main connecting routes between south southwestern Europe resulted its acquisition rich traditional ecological knowledge. However, like other mountainous valleys, this valley suffered from abandonment depopulation past 50 years. Our study aims to investigate current ethnobotanical medicinal knowledge compare our findings...
Abstract This study aims to document the diversity of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua people (also known as Huni Kuin ) Curanja River, well describe and compare their uses with pharmacological phytochemical records from previously published studies. The ethnic has been studied a limited extent an ethnobotanical perspective. area is located in Ucayali region, eastern Central Amazon, where ancestral knowledge preserved due accessibility region. Between November 2010 June 2015, total 11...
Wild greens (WGs) play a significant role in Mediterranean diets (MDs), reflecting botanical and cultural diversities, mainly influenced by complex conglomerate of local human ecologies. This study investigates ecological knowledge (LEK) linked to traditional gathering consumption WGs the Lasithi Plateau eastern Crete, where genetic studies one decade ago showed very peculiar patterns, hypothesising that Minoan civilisation took refuge there before it disappeared. A field ethnobotanical was...
Mountain communities are often defined by their distinctive flora and fauna, the way local people utilize these natural resources. Our study aims to document indigenous knowledge of wild among three valleys in Northern Pakistan. The ethnobotanical was conducted July August 2019 2020 21 hill villages across Shamshal, Hopper, Phandar Gilgit-Baltistan, Semi-structured interviews were with 90 key informants. We collected data on traditional food plants (WFPs), medicinal (WMPs), veterinary (WVPs)...
Studies on the in-depth documentation of wild greens use in Mediterranean Diet (MD) are vital to understanding patterns cross-geographical change food ingredients context, their appreciated taste, and possible evolution. Our present study aims document leafy, wild-sourced plant portion MD unique isolated matrifocal community Olympos, North Karpathos Isle, Greece. An ethnobotanical field focussing traditionally edible (chórta) was conducted during spring 2023 via 42 semi-structured interviews...