Open AccessThe stinging nettle as an alternative food crop
Author(s) -
László Dudás,
Bertalan Galambosi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta agraria debreceniensis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2416-1640
DOI - 10.34101/actaagrar/27/3105
Subject(s) - urtica dioica , urticaceae , crop , human health , health benefits , biology , toxicology , microbiology and biotechnology , agronomy , traditional medicine , botany , medicine , environmental health
Vegetables play an important role in human health and have an important effect on the human diet. It is equally serious to improve the volume, the diversity and the year round equability of vegetable consumption. The stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) is an alternative vegetable crop and available from the beginning of Spring to the end of Autumn; therefore, it can improve both the diversity and the equability of vegetable consumption. The stinging nettle has a superb nutritive value, it is a prospinach and it can be cooked in many ways.