Bioprospecting neglected botanicals as phyto-fertilizers for underutilized food crops

Developing a Roadmap for Improving Neglected and Underutilized Crops: A Case Study of South Africa

Reports of neglected and underutilized crops' (NUS) potential remain mostly anecdotal with limited and often incoherent research available to support them. This has been attributed to lack of clear research goals, limited funding directed at NUS and journal apathy toward publishing work on NUS. The latter points also explain the lack of interest from emerging and established researchers. Additi...

Pesticides, Fertilizers and Food Safety

Use of Botanicals in Food Supplements

Background/Aims: In the European Union, an elaborate legal framework regulates botanical products both under food and medicinal law. The decision as to which legal framework applies to an individual product may differ between the Member States. In the case of botanical food supplements, all food law provisions apply to their manufacturing, composition and marketing, including the new claims leg...

In vitro Bioprospecting of Botanicals Towards Inhibition of Microbial Pathogens of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

The global call on the use of botanicals sequel to control of phytopathogenic microorganisms causing diseases of food crops most especially on rice has not been given attention in the tropics. A study was conducted to evaluate the antagonistic effect (in-vitro) of aqueous and ethanol extracts of Eucalyptus lameldulensis and Moringa oleifera leaves at different concentration (5, 10, 20, 40 and 1...

Good mood food. Positive emotion as a neglected trigger for food intake.

UNLABELLED Research on emotions as a trigger for food intake has mainly been focused on the role of negative emotions. In the present studies the role of positive emotions as a trigger for food intake is investigated in a sample of healthy participants with a normal weight. Two laboratory studies were conducted in which positive emotions or no emotions were induced (Study 1) or in addition nega...