General and comprehensive information about foods. Articles on the relationship between foods and health and nutrition.
Sloe berry, scientific name Prunus spinosa L., is a thorny shrub belonging to the Rosaceae family. Sloe berry is also called "blackthorn," "wild blackthorn," or "wild plum." This article consists of three…
Özlem ÇakırAssociate Professor · PhD
Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.) is among the species that has attracted the most attention recently among wild fruits. The autumn olive plant is a shrub-shaped plant belonging to the Elaeagnaceae family.…
Özlem ÇakırAssociate Professor · PhD
Jujube fruit has a history of approximately 4000 years. Its name in the literature is Zizyphus jujuba Mill. It is known as the "fruit of life" and "fruit of immortality" in China.…
Özlem ÇakırAssociate Professor · PhD
Milk is a porcelain-white liquid with a distinctive smell and taste secreted by female mammals to feed their newborns. It begins to be secreted after the calf is born and continues to…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD
Berberis crataegina DC. is a shrub-shaped plant of the genus Berberis, which is distributed in the northern temperate regions of the world in Southern Asia, including the northeastern region of the United…
Özlem ÇakırAssociate Professor · PhD
Barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.), which belongs to the Berberidaceae family, is a 1-2 meter tall, shrubby plant. This article consists of two parts. In the first part, general information about the barberry…
Özlem ÇakırAssociate Professor · PhD
One of the rosehip species that are not as well known as red rosehip but is superior in terms of some compounds it contains is the fruit of Rosa pimpinellifolia L., known…
Özlem ÇakırAssociate Professor · PhD
Wild apple is an apple variety that grows naturally and spontaneously on mountain slopes and rural areas. Wild apple is a medium 3 cm diameter, white flesh, fragrant and aromatic, yellow or…
Özlem ÇakırAssociate Professor · PhD
Colostrum is a milk that yellowish color, salty taste, thick consistency and mammals secrete for the first 24-48 hours after birth. The composition of colostrum is quite different compared to milk and…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD