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NITTA Yumiko
Department Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Health Sciences Position Professor |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Publication Date | 2021/09 |
| Type | Articles |
| Title | Research on the domestication of a perilla (Perilla citriodora) |
| Contribution Type | Co-Authored Publication |
| Journal | Studies in the Health Sciences, Hiroshima Shudo University |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Publisher | Hiroshima Shudo University |
| Volume, Issue, Pages | 33-38頁 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Author and coauthor | ◎Yumiko NITTA, Yumiko NIKI, Hideaki NUMAMOTO, Masahiro MATSUZAKI |
| Details | Perilla citriodora, a member of the Labiatae family, distributes in western Japan. The P. citriodora could escape from vermin damage because of having a unique aroma throughout of their lives. Cultivating the perilla could reduce the damages caused by vermin on farm crops and the incidences of zoonoses at satoyama areas. We started the cultivation experiments of the perilla. α-linoleic acid accounted for 64.4% of its total fatty acid contained in the seeds. The values of cadmium to zinc (Cd/Zn), which indicates the accumulation rate of the two metals from farm soil into seed, were 0.077±0.101. The seeds may contribute to human health when used as foodstuff or phytoremediation species to conserve the satoyama environment. |