scholarly journals Vinca-Belo Brdo, a late neolithic site in Serbia consideration of the macro-botanical remains as indicators of dietary habits

Balcanica ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 7-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragana Filipovic ◽  
Nenad Tasic
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
Plant Remains ◽  
Botanical Remains ◽  
Abundance And Distribution ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Food Consumed

The analysis of macro-botanical remains from the late Neolithic site of Vinca-Belo Brdo has provided first information on the range of crops and wild plants present at the site, and revealed their potential role as foodstuffs. The abundance and distribution of certain plant taxa across different archaeological deposits suggests to what extent they were used within the settlement. The analyzed plant remains also offer insight into the types of food consumed by Vinca residents and serve as a basis for inferring the seasonality and method of food provision/production and activities related to plant use.

Foodstuffs, Forests, Fields, and Shelter: A Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Vessel Contents from the Ceren Site, El Salvador

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Lentz ◽  
Marilyn P. Beaudry-Corbett ◽  
Maria Luisa Reyna de Aguilar ◽  
Lawrence Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Food Storage ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Contextual Data ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Plant Remains ◽  
Trading Partners ◽  
Ceramic Vessels ◽  
Botanical Remains

Botanical remains found in ceramic vessels and other containers at the Cerén site, El Salvador, provide evidence for how plants were used by Classic-period inhabitants. Because of the rapid inundation of ash caused by the eruption of the Loma Caldera volcano sometime around A. D. 590, conditions for the preservation of plant parts at Cerén are superior to most other Mesoamerican sites. Carbonized plant remains, or impressions thereof, recovered from vessels include an assortment of domesticates, cultigens, and wild plants that describe an overall pattern of a highly diversified subsistence base. Although clear statistical associations among vessels, structure types, and plant remains are not evident, the contextual data reveal food storage and other plant-use practices of the site occupants. The apparent abundance of plant-derived products and Mayan trade goods at Cerén suggests the potential contribution made by small farmers as both suppliers to and trading partners with the larger cultural developments in Mesoamerica.

scholarly journals Identification of Mosquito Bloodmeals Collected in Diverse Habitats in Malaysian Borneo Using COI Barcoding

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Katherine I. Young ◽  
Joseph T. Medwid ◽  
Sasha R. Azar ◽  
Robert M. Huff ◽  
Hannah Drumm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Transmission Networks ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Land Cover Types ◽  
Coi Barcoding ◽  
Abundance And Distribution ◽  
Vector Diversity ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Malaysian Borneo

Land cover and land use change (LCLUC) acts as a catalyst for spillover of arthropod-borne pathogens into novel hosts by shifting host and vector diversity, abundance, and distribution, ultimately reshaping host–vector interactions. Identification of bloodmeals from wild-caught mosquitoes provides insight into host utilization of particular species in particular land cover types, and hence their potential role in pathogen maintenance and spillover. Here, we collected 134 blood-engorged mosquitoes comprising 10 taxa across 9 land cover types in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, a region experiencing intense LCLUC and concomitant spillover of arthropod-borne pathogens. Host sources of blood were successfully identified for 116 (87%) mosquitoes using cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) barcoding. A diverse range of hosts were identified, including reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. Sixteen engorged Aedes albopictus, a major vector of dengue virus, were collected from seven land cover types and found to feed exclusively on humans (73%) and boar (27%). Culex tritaeniohynchus (n = 2), Cx. gelidus (n = 3), and Cx. quiquefasciatus (n = 3), vectors of Japanese encephalitis virus, fed on humans and pigs in the rural built-up land cover, creating potential transmission networks between these species. Our data support the use of COI barcoding to characterize mosquito–host networks in a biodiversity hotspot.

scholarly journals NMR and LC-MS-Based Metabolomics to Study Osmotic Stress in Lignan-Deficient Flax

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 767
Author(s):  
Kamar Hamade ◽  
Ophélie Fliniaux ◽  
Jean-Xavier Fontaine ◽  
Roland Molinié ◽  
Elvis Otogo Nnang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Response ◽  
Osmotic Stress ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Plant Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Osmotic Stress Response ◽  
Transgenic Flax ◽  
Insight Into

Lignans, phenolic plant secondary metabolites, are derived from the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway. Although, being investigated for their health benefits in terms of antioxidant, antitumor, anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties, the role of these molecules in plants remains incompletely elucidated; a potential role in stress response mechanisms has been, however, proposed. In this study, a non-targeted metabolomic analysis of the roots, stems, and leaves of wild-type and PLR1-RNAi transgenic flax, devoid of (+) secoisolariciresinol diglucoside ((+) SDG)—the main flaxseed lignan, was performed using 1H-NMR and LC-MS, in order to obtain further insight into the involvement of lignan in the response of plant to osmotic stress. Results showed that wild-type and lignan-deficient flax plants have different metabolic responses after being exposed to osmotic stress conditions, but they both showed the capacity to induce an adaptive response to osmotic stress. These findings suggest the indirect involvement of lignans in osmotic stress response.

A Study on the Mineral Depletion of the Foods Available to us as a Nation over the Period 1940 to 1991

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Content ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
King's College ◽  
Compare And Contrast ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Mineral Constituents ◽  
Mineral Depletion

In 1927 a study at King's College, University of London, of the chemical composition of foods was initiated by Dr McCance to assist with diabetic dietary guidance. The study evolved and was then broadened to determine all the important organic and mineral constituents of foods, it was financed by the Medical Research Council and eventually published in 1940. Over the next 51 years subsequent editions reflected changing national dietary habits and food laws as well as advances in analytical procedures. The most recent (5th Edition) published in 1991 has comprehensively analysed 14 different categories of foods and beverages. In order to provide some insight into any variation in the quality of the foods available to us as a nation between 1940 and 1991 it was possible to compare and contrast the mineral content of 27 varieties of vegetable, 17 varieties of fruit, 10 cuts of meat and some milk and cheese products. The results demonstrate that there has been a significant loss of minerals and trace elements in these foods over that period of time. It is suggested that the results of this study cannot be taken in isolation from recent dietary, environmental and disease trends. These trends are briefly mentioned and suggestions are made as to how the deterioration in the micronutrient quality of our food intake may be arrested and reversed.

scholarly journals Influence of dietary protein on Dahl salt-sensitive hypertension: a potential role for gut microbiota

2018 ◽  
Vol 315 (5) ◽  
pp. R907-R914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justine M. Abais-Battad ◽  
David L. Mattson
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Dietary Protein ◽  
Renal Damage ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Dietary Interventions ◽  
Maternal Environment ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
Salt Sensitive Hypertension ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

High blood pressure affects 1.39 billion adults across the globe and is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. Hypertension is a multifaceted disease with known genetic and environmental factors contributing to its progression. Our studies utilizing the Dahl salt-sensitive (SS) rat have demonstrated the remarkable influence of dietary protein and maternal environment on the development of hypertension and renal damage in response to high salt. There is growing interest in the relationship between the microbiome and hypertension, with gut dysbiosis being correlated to a number of pathologies. This review summarizes the current literature regarding the interplay among dietary protein, the gut microbiota, and hypertension. These studies may provide insight into the effects we have observed between diet and hypertension in Dahl SS rats and, we hope, lead to new perspectives where potential dietary interventions or microbiota manipulations could serve as plausible therapies for hypertension.

scholarly journals Ground stone industry from Pericei-Keller tag. A secondary production centre?

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 52-63
Author(s):  
Mihai Dunca ◽  
Sanda Băcueț Crișan
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Production ◽  
Stone Tools ◽  
Port Site ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Working Process ◽  
North West ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
Ground Stone ◽  
Stone Industry

This article analyses ground stone discoveries from the late neolithic site of Pericei located in north-west of Romania, in Șimleu Depression. Combined characteristics of chisels and adzes in working process are discussed along with their context, especially those connected to stone working: the layer, dwellings and pebble agglomerations. We conclude that Pericei was a production center for stone chisels, appeared to supply the demand that until then was satisfied by Suplac/Porț site that continued to produce ground stone tools for a longer period.

scholarly journals Practical approach of an Ayurvedic Concept of Aahar Vidhi Vidhan in Balyavastha (childhood)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilesh Shinkar ◽  
Sanjay T. Chitte ◽  
Sadhana P. Babel
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Explanation ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Modern Aspect ◽  
Adequate Nutrition ◽  
Basic Need ◽  
Child Age ◽  
Food Consumed

Adequate nutrition is the basic need for healthy life but without knowing proper dietary guidelines one cannot gain optimum benefit from the food consumed. There are many guidelines related to diet and its contents in modern aspect but the Ayurvedic approach has its unique importance. Aacharya charak has given ahara vidhi vidhan (dietary guidelines) which can prevent many diseases arising merely due to faulty dietary habits. ( scientific explanation for each factor is explained) childhood stage is the first stage of life on which the whole secure life is depend. The dietary guidelines are very important to follow from the child age for the healthy life.

Fishing with lure hooks at the Late Neolithic site of Vinča – Belo Brdo, Serbia

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 134-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Cristiani ◽  
V. Dimitrijević ◽  
S. Vitezović
Keyword(s):  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Neolithic Site

scholarly journals Feeding Stonehenge: cuisine and consumption at the Late Neolithic site of Durrington Walls

Antiquity ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 89 (347) ◽  
pp. 1096-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver E. Craig ◽  
Lisa-Marie Shillito ◽  
Umberto Albarella ◽  
Sarah Viner-Daniels ◽  
Ben Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
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