Various ethnics of the world have a long history on using their surrounding as source foods. Foods which are act product traditional ethnic knowledge known and foods (TEF). Vegetables one main ingredients TEF. As sources many combination phytonutrients, vegetables offer various health benefits. country with agricultural practice, Indonesia also has abundant how Indonesian process consume vegeta...

Kaahu – Lactuca sativa L. is a large genus of annual or perennial herbs, chiefly of north temperate regions. About 25 species occur in India. All the species contain milky latex and the dried latex from some of them furnishes the drug lactucarium. Lactuca sativa L. (Asteraceae) is considered as the most important vegetable in the group of leafy vegetables. It is also extensively used as a fresh...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most devastating and rapidly fatal cancers, yet little is known about the primary cause and prevention of this disease. We conducted a population-based case-control study to investigate the association between vegetables and fruits and pancreatic cancer. Between 1995 and 1999, 532 cases and 1,701 age- and sex-matched controls completed direct interviews using a s...

Wattakaka volubilis Linn. F Stapf (Family: Asclapadaceae) is a leafy vegetable and a medicinal plant in Asian countries. In the present study, an attempt was made to (a) standardize and (b) investigate nutritional properties of W. volubilis grown in Sri Lanka. W. volubilis leaves were standardized by (a) determination of physicochemical parameters, (b) screening for phytochemicals and (c) devel...

Jute (Corchorus spp.) leaf has long been used as a remedy in many cultures. Jute leaf products, which include the leaf juice, fried leaf, and some time whole green leaf, are used, among other reasons, as laxatives, in creams for skin care, and as a treatment for a wide range of diseases, respectively. The heterogeneous nature of jute leaf products may contribute to the diverse biological and th...

The residues of persistence potentially toxic organic compounds polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured in 13 species of edible vegetables collected from Great Cairo governorate (Egypt). And the efficient role of washing by oxidizing agents hydrogen peroxide (H O ), potassium permanganates (KMnO ) 2 2 4 and midribs of cabbage leaves solutions on the elimination of PAHs from contaminated ...

The association of breast cancer with dietary patterns such as a western diet has not been studied in Asian women. We examined this among Shanghai Breast Cancer Study participants. Cases were of ages 25 to 64 years, diagnosed 08/1996-03/1998, and identified through a rapid case ascertainment system supplemented by the Shanghai Cancer Registry. Controls, selected from the general population of u...