Several species of berries, such as blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium) and lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.), have attracted much scientific attention in recent years, especially due to their reported antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Berries, as with other types of plants, have developed metabolic mechanisms to survive various environmental stresses, some of which involve...

This paper discusses the traditional consumption of wild edible plants in the rural communities of the Campoo (Cantabria), a region in northern Spain. Through semi-structured interviews with key informants, data on the perception, gathering, preparation and use of 60 edible wild plant species were collected. Social, economic and cultural factors need to be taken into account when trying to unde...

Flavonoids are a class of secondary metabolites in plants that are involved in many important functions. Various flavonoid compounds have also been reported to be beneficial for human health. Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) is the characteristic field layer species in boreal forests and the fruits of bilberry are rich in anthocyanin pigments, a subclass of flavonoids. In the present work, fla...

Intensity of free radical oxidation processes in vivo (model induced oxidative stress) was studied after the probe introduction Vaccinium axillare Nakai fruit extract. Material and methods. Four groups (n = 40) white male CBA mice weighing 20–25 g were included experiment: 1 – intact control; 2–0.9 % sodium chloride solution administered per os for 10 days a dose ml/kg/day; 3 group “cisplatin” ...

Wild berries are part of traditional Nordic diets and a rich source phytochemicals, such as polyphenols. Various berry treatments have shown to interfere with cancer progression in vitro vivo. Here, we systematically reviewed the anticancer effects two wild Vaccinium genus, lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) bilberry myrtillus), on digestive tract cancers. The review was conducted according PR...

Vaccinium floribundum, commonly known as mortiño, is a native high Andean wild species of cultural and economic importance. Genomic resources for V. floribundum are scarce, clear phylogenetic evolutionary history this has yet to be elucidated. This study aimed assemble the complete chloroplast genome sequence perform an in-depth comparative analysis with other species. The was obtained using Ox...

Phenology is a key aspect of plant success. Recent research has demonstrated that herbarium specimens can provide important information on plant phenology. Massive digitization efforts have the potential to greatly expand herbarium-based phenological research, but also pose a serious challenge regarding efficient data collection. Here, we introduce CrowdCurio, a crowdsourcing tool for the colle...