Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012, 2012

Functional foods and nutraceuticals in a market of Bolivian immigrants in Buenos Aires (Argentina) (Article) (Open Access)

Pochettino M.L.* , Puentes J.P. , Buet Costantino F. , Arenas P.M. , Ulibarri E.A. , Hurrell J.A.
  • a Laboratorio de Etnobotánica y Botánica Aplicada (LEBA), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/nro., La Plata, B1900 FWA Buenos Aires, Argentina, CONICET, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • b Laboratorio de Etnobotánica y Botánica Aplicada (LEBA), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/nro., La Plata, B1900 FWA Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • c Laboratorio de Etnobotánica y Botánica Aplicada (LEBA), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/nro., La Plata, B1900 FWA Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • d Laboratorio de Etnobotánica y Botánica Aplicada (LEBA), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/nro., La Plata, B1900 FWA Buenos Aires, Argentina, CONICET, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • e CONICET, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, CONICET, Labardén 200 San Isidro, B 1642 HYD Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • f Laboratorio de Etnobotánica y Botánica Aplicada (LEBA), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/nro., La Plata, B1900 FWA Buenos Aires, Argentina, CONICET, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a research in urban ethnobotany, conducted in a market of Bolivian immigrants in the neighborhood of Liniers, Ciudad Autnoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Functional foods and nutraceuticals belonging to 50 species of 18 families, its products, and uses were recorded. Some products are exclusive from the Bolivian community; others are frequent within the community, but they are also available in the general commercial circuit; they are introduced into it, generally, through shops called dietéticas (health-food stores), where products associated with the maintenance of health are sold. On this basis, the traditional and nontraditional components of the urban botanical knowledge were evaluated as well as its dynamics in relation to the diffusion of the products. Both the framework and methodological design are innovative for the studies of the urban botanical knowledge and the traditional markets in metropolitan areas. Copyright © 2012 Mara Lelia Pochettino et al.

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urban area market Food Analysis immigrant priority journal functional food Argentina ethnobotany nutraceutical Bolivia Article human
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84855602646&doi=10.1155%2f2012%2f320193&partnerID=40&md5=9ac42ff4e0281de642fd086005120aee
DOI: 10.1155/2012/320193
ISSN: 1741427X
Cited by: 18
Original Language: English