Traditional Salads and Soups with Wild Plants as a Source of Antioxidants: A Comparative Chemical Analysis of Five Species Growing in Central Italy

<div>Correlation between the Antiradical Activity (ARA) and Total Phenolic Content for each raw species (A-E). A Reichardia picroides (◆) y = 0.047x +0.25; R2 = 0.92; B Hypochaeris radicata (■) y = 0.031x +0.009; R2 = 0.93; C Cichorium intybus (<svg height="8.76399pt" id="M6" style="vertical-align:-0.04981041pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.71418 8.73789 8.76399" width="8.73789pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M622 0V29L350 665L310 655L39 29V0H622ZM462 58H119L290 487L462 58Z"></path></g></svg>) y = 0.011x +0.34; R2 = 0.52; D Tordylium apulum (x) y = 0.004x +0.45; R2 = 0.33; and E Helminthotheca echioides (•) y = 0.03x+0.25; R2 = 0.45. A (p&lt; 0.05), B (p&lt; 0.05), C (p&lt; 0.1), D (p&lt; 0.3), and E (p&lt; 0.1). Linear regressions and best fit values were calculated using the Grahpad Prism 4 program (<a href="http://www.graphad.com">http://www.graphad.com</a>).</div>

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Figure 5: Traditional Salads and Soups with Wild Plants as a Source of Antioxidants: A Comparative Chemical Analysis of Five Species Growing in Central Italy 

Figure 5 | Traditional Salads and Soups with Wild Plants as a Source of Antioxidants: A Comparative Chemical Analysis of Five Species Growing in Central Italy 