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Volume 6, Issue 3 (Suppl)
Agrotechnology, an open access Journal
ISSN: 2168-9881
Agri Engineering 2017
September 11-12, 2017
Page 40
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September 11-12, 2017 San Antonio, USA
International Conference on
Agri Biotech & Environmental Engineering
Nutritional value and nitrate content in some wild food plants for human consumption
Ugur Cakilcioglu
and
Ridvan Polat
Munzur University, Turkey
T
he aim this study was to identify some edible wild plants consumed and to determine their nitrate and nutritional value.
Six edible wild plant species:
Capsella bursa-pastoris
(L.) Medik.,
Malva neglecta
Wallr.,
Portulaca oleracea
L.,
Rheum ribes
L.,
Rosa canina
L.,
Urtica dioica
L. were collected using appropriate methods. Herbariums of these plants were prepared and the
plants were nomenclatured. Although nitrate content of various plants found in Turkey have been analyzed in some previous
literature studies, only a limited number of studies have addressed nitrate content of edible wild plants that are widely consumed.
Nitrate content in the plants was detected on the basis of the diazo compound measurement using spectrophotometric method.
Analyses made in the scope of the present study indicated that nitrate content of the dry plant matter varied from 478.17-
921.05 mg/kg range and the nitrate content of the dry matter to be from 6.73%-14.74% range.
Portulaca oleracea
L. was found
to have the highest nitrate content (6560.95 mg/kg), while
Rheum ribes
L. with the lowest nitrate content (43.42 mg/kg). In this
study, plants were also analyzed for their medicinal uses. Mineral content was substantially higher in wild food plants than in
cultivated vegetables.
Biography
Ugur Cakilcioglu has completed his PhD from Firat University, Turkey. He has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals and serving as an Editorial Board
Member of repute. He has worked in many international journals in order to follow the international innovations in the field of plants.
ucakilcioglu@yahoo.comUgur Cakilcioglu et al., Agrotechnology 2017, 6:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2168-9881-C1-024