NITTA Yumiko    Department   Hiroshima shudo University  The Faculty of Health Sciences    Position   Professor
Date	2021/11/06
Presentation Theme	Research of health effects of a perilla (Perilla citriodora)
Promoters	The Japan Geriatrics Society
Conference Type	Local
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Collaborative
Venue	Hiroshima Ciry
Publisher and common publisher	Yumiko NITTA, Yumiko MIKI, Hideaki NUMAMOTO, Masahiro MATSUZAKI
Details	Perilla citriodora (P. 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.