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Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub‐Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper reframes C. chinense as a traditional, climate‐resilient vegetable shaped by centuries of farmer stewardship and cultural selection.
Derek W. Barchenger   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomers in heat-treated vegetable oils

open access: yesOléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2001
The aim of this study was to quantify the conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) isomers present in frying oils and to elucidate their structures. For this purpose, used frying oils were collected in restaurants by the Laboratoire Interrégional de la Répression
Juaneda Pierre   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of analytical methods for the assessment of the quality of fats and oils used in continuous deep fat frying

open access: yesGrasas y Aceites, 2007
Frying oils with different alteration degrees were collected from continuous frying systems at various Spanish companies. These samples were used to evaluate the applicability, repeatability and capability of a number of methods to discriminate between ...
J.A. Navas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultivating Sustainability: How Modern Food Practices Shape Pro‐Environmental Motivation Through Food–Nature Associations

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food practices have evolved alongside industrialization and urbanization. Compared to earlier generations, modern individuals grow and cook food less often and consume more processed products, weakening awareness of food's natural origins. Three studies examined explanatory pathways linking food practices to pro‐environmentalism through the ...
Shu Tian Ng, Angela K.‐y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Trace Element Contamination in Top Predatory Elasmobranchs From the Southern Black Sea: Implications for Ecosystem Health and Risk Assessment

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental pollution resulting from the rapid increase in human population, urbanization, intensive use of chemicals in agriculture, and industrial development has reached a level that threatens natural life today. Trace elements are one of the most important factors causing significant levels of pollution in the environment and are added ...
Levent Bat   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiesel Production from Hevea brasiliensis Seeds: A Systematic Review

open access: yesVietnam Journal of Chemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Hevea brasiliensis (HB) species, also called the rubber tree, is currently cultivated worldwide for the extraction of latex, an input for rubber production. In addition, its seeds currently have few productive applications, despite their high oil content.
Sara Lüneburger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sailing Through Time: Building Pacific Maritime Resilience

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), an ambitious initiative aimed at decarbonising maritime transport across Oceania. The study explores the cultural, historical and technological aspects of wind‐propelled shipping in the Pacific.
Christiaan De Beukelaer   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Changes in Physicochemical Parameters of Rape and Soybean Oils during the Frying Process of French Fries

open access: yesScientific Journal of Gdynia Maritime University
Fats, including vegetable oils, are an important component of the diet. They not only have a high energy value, but also contain nutrients that are essential for the proper functioning of the human body.
Maria Dymkowska-Malesa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Iron Physiology and Its Impact on Atopic Diseases: An EAACI Taskforce Report

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Iron is essential for oxygen transport, energy metabolism, and immune regulation. Yet iron deficiency is the most common micronutrient disorder across all age groups, affecting nearly one quarter of the global population. Iron deficiency triggers nutritional immunity, a host defense mechanism that withholds and redistributes iron, contributing
Franziska Roth‐Walter   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

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