Carotenoid content and traditional knowledge of breadfruit cultivars of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Enhancing leafy foods’ intake for optimal nutrition and human security in the South Pacific

“…People mostly rely on processed food/canned foods for daily consumption. This is due to the fact that there have been significant lifestyle changes in the Pacific Island countries, including urbanization, increasing reliance on imported foods and neglect of traditional foods of the Pacific Islands (Englberger et al, 2014).…”

“…This mechanism (prevention of age-related cataracts and macular degeneration) is known as blue light filters and/or antioxidants by which lutein and zeaxanthin provide protection to the eye (Perry et al, 2009). Numerous studies have also supported that higher intake of fruits and vegetables reduced risk of cancer, protect against noncommunicable diseases, heart disease and diabetes (Englberger et al, 2014;Khachik et al, 2002;Oliver and Palou, 2000). Hence, to enhance the consumption of leafy food crops, there is a need to generate comprehensive and informative data on the nutritional aspect of leafy food crops that are underutilized or notutilized.…”

Traditional Knowledge and Practices Related to Genus Citrus, Garcinia, Mangifera and Nephelium in Malaysia

“…Basically, traditional or indigenous-based knowledge data was analysed and presented descriptively, as the main purpose was to identify knowledge related to the species [11] [12] [16]- [18]. This paper included charts and tables showing a) the categories of uses, b) fruit species with many functions and traditional knowledge among respondents, c) list of species according to their categories of knowledge it relates to, d) number of respondents interviewed and the number of species recorded, and e) list of species most frequently cited by informants.…”

“…Since a couple of decades ago, more and more interests were being given to explore and conserve biodiversity. This brings to more varieties of tropical fruit species being studied and it was found that it was more focused towards their potential from the perspectives of nutritional and functional properties [8]- [11]. Not many studies had been done on traditional knowledge of tropical fruits such as being done by [12], especially from an overall knowledge perspective related to the plant.…”

“…Not many studies had been done on traditional knowledge of tropical fruits such as being done by [12], especially from an overall knowledge perspective related to the plant. Most of traditional knowledge studies however only focused on plants with medicinal potential and values [11] [13]- [16]. There was a need to document traditional knowledge on a wider range of species, especially tropical fruit species.…”