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Fish and Shellfish
Published in Christopher Cumo, Ancestral Diets and Nutrition, 2020
Related to the Done are indigenes in the southwestern portion of the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, and northern British Columbia who call themselves “Dene,” another word for “people.”85 Having occupied these lands since around 1000 BCE, they ate trout, burbot, grayling, whitefish, pike, and inconnu. Fish and game supplied most calories and nutrients, though they collected blueberries, rosehips (Rosa species), saskatoons (Amelanchier alnifolia), raspberries (Rubus idaeus), and strawberries (Fragaria vesca) and traded for flour, sucrose, tea (Camellia sinensis), lard, chocolate, alcohol, and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum).
The antimicrobial activity of biogenic silver nanoparticles synthesized from extracts of Red and Green European pear cultivars
Published in Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 2021
Sohail Simon, Nicole Remaliah Samantha Sibuyi, Adewale Oluwaseun Fadaka, Mervin Meyer, Abram Madimabe Madiehe, Marlene Geraldine du Preez
The current study explores the synthesis of AgNPs using the European pear or Pyrus communis L., This pear fruit is common in temperate zones worldwide, and has over 2000 variants [12,13]. The Packham’s Triumph (Green) and Forelle (Red) are among pear variants available in South Africa [14]. The red-skinned appearance of Forelle pears is due to the high amounts of anthocyanins [15]. Anthocyanins are flavonoids that are responsible for the various colours in flowers, vegetables and fruits. They have been shown to have a number of properties, which include antibacterial, antioxidant, and anticancer bioactivities [16]. Anthocyanin-rich fruits, such as blackberry (Rubus fruticosus L.), strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.) and raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.), have been used to synthesize AgNPs with an antimicrobial activity using green nanotechnology [17].