Indigenous Crops of Asia and Southeast Asia: Exploring Health-promoting Properties

Patil, Bhimanagouda S.; Jayaprakasha, G.K.; Vikram, Amit

doi:10.21273/hortsci.47.7.821

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“…Plant uniformity and vigor were both assessed on a 1-5 scale, which is visually described as 1 = poor, 2 = marginal, 3 = fair, 4 = good, and 5 = excellent. Since some indigenous Asian cultivars have been shown to provide potential health-promoting properties and have Asian popularity (Molinar, 2012;Patel et al, 2012), especially in the Curcurbitaceae, Fabaceae, Gramineae, Solanaceae, and Cruciferae, a preliminary analysis was conducted for phytochemical composition of a few promising cultivars in east coast trials.…”

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Asian Crops Overview: Consumer Preference and Cultivar Growth on the East Coast of the United States

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Simón²,

Govindasamy³

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The rapid expansion of Asian populations in the United States presents significant opportunities and challenges for the eastern U.S. produce sector to take advantage of their close proximity to densely populated areas. Initial crop studies followed by ethnic consumer and crop surveys were conducted to examine vegetable, leafy green, and herb consumption and expenditures among Chinese, Asian Indians, and other Asian groups. Consumer choices were used to prioritize subsequent production trials. Family expenditures were determined for specific Asian produce types and total produce purchases. This market data were extrapolated to the east coast Asian populations to assess potential market size (90% confidence interval, error margin 5.6%). Chinese consumer values ranged from $245 to $296 million per annum and Asian Indians ranged from $190 to $230 million per annum. The average annual fresh fruit and vegetable expenditures by both Asian groups were 2 to 3.5 times respective national averages. Leading Chinese vegetables determined by average expenditures were baby bok choy, pak choy, oriental eggplant, snow pea, oriental spinach, and napa cabbage. Highest expenditure of leafy greens and herbs for Chinese consumers were chives and garland chrysanthemum. This market-driven survey reported consumption of over 100 Asian crops and 42 cultivars were ranked “feasible” to grow in the eastern section of the United States. Horticultural matrices of selection criteria narrowed the list to the most promising candidates for production. As a result, 28 cultivars were then grown in University research and demonstration plots at Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Florida in determining growth characteristics and yield to focus horticultural crop producers. Leading vegetable cultivars for Asian Indian consumers were bitter gourd, eggplant, fenugreek leaves, cluster beans, and bottle gourd. Leading leafy greens and herbs for Asian Indians were turmeric, fenugreek, sorrel spinach, and radish greens. Most of these Asian cultivars were demonstrated to grow well in the three main growing zones of 5, 7, and 9. Phytochemical attributes such as antioxidant activity, polyphenols, and mineral contents were analyzed for several of the leading crop candidates. This initial field and laboratory data shows that many of these ethnic crops can be grown in the eastern United States to direct production opportunities and are nutrient rich to help drive consumer demand.

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Asian Crops Overview: Consumer Preference and Cultivar Growth on the East Coast of the United States

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Govindasamy³

et al. 2016

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“…Snake gourd is also considered to be useful in treating type 2 diabetes [209]. Ridge gourd contains insulin like peptides, and alkaloids that help to lower fasting blood glucose levels [209] [217].…”

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Nutritional Quality and Effect on Disease Prevention of Vegetables

Dias¹

2019

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Vegetables have remarkable nutritional and health benefits. There are good reasons to include vegetables in human diet since they are enriched in bioactive compounds and by this reason they may help reduce the risk of some diseases. In this paper it was analyzed the nutrition quality and effect on disease prevention of vegetables. Each vegetable family and each vegetable contain a unique combination of bioactive compounds. The health benefit of vegetables should not be linked to one type of vegetable. It is presented some experimental research evidences that vegetables exert anti-oxidative, anti-carcinogenic, anti-diabetic and cardiovascular disease lowering effects. The mechanism by which vegetable bioactive compounds decrease the risk of some of these diseases is complex and sometimes unknown.

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“…Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) has been intensively studied for its antidiabetic attributes. Different studies reported hypoglycemic and antihyperglycemic properties of bitter gourd [209,[216][217][218]. Clinical surveys on diabetic patients using pulp and juice extracts of bitter gourd were reported to bring down serum insulin levels, to lower fasting blood glucose levels, and to ameliorate glucose tolerance [219].…”

Section: Effect On Diabetesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutritional Quality and Effect on Disease Prevention of Vegetables

Dias¹

2019

Nutrition in Health and Disease - Our Challenges Now and Forthcoming Time

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Vegetables have remarkable nutritional and health benefits. There are good reasons to include vegetables in human diet since they are enriched in bioactive compounds and by this reason they may help reduce the risk of some diseases. In this chapter, the nutrition quality and the effect on disease prevention of vegetables were analyzed. Each vegetable family and each vegetable contain a unique combination of bioactive compounds. The health benefit of vegetables should not be linked to one type of vegetable. Some experimental research evidences that vegetables exert antioxidative, anticarcinogenic, antidiabetic, and cardiovascular disease lowering effects are presented. The mechanism by which vegetable bioactive compounds decrease the risk of some of these diseases is complex and sometimes unknown.

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Indigenous Crops of Asia and Southeast Asia: Exploring Health-promoting Properties

Cited by 15 publications

References 88 publications

Asian Crops Overview: Consumer Preference and Cultivar Growth on the East Coast of the United States

Asian Crops Overview: Consumer Preference and Cultivar Growth on the East Coast of the United States

Nutritional Quality and Effect on Disease Prevention of Vegetables

Nutritional Quality and Effect on Disease Prevention of Vegetables

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