ANT214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Organoleptic, Terpene, Parsley
Lecture 6: Food Pharmacology
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
1:46 PM
Food Pharmacology
o Pharmacology
• Science of drug origin composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, toxicology, drug
reactions
o Drug
• = medicine/other substance having physiological effect when ingested or otherwise
introduced into the body
▪ Eating not only way, can snort it, enema
o Ethnopharmacology
• Scientific study of substances used medicinally by diff ethnic or cultural groups
• Passed on from gen to gen through fam through a culture - folk???
o Nutraceutical
• Any food substance providing medical + health benefits
▪ Prevention + trt of disease
▪ Substantiated or tested according to bio-scientifically
• Tested scientifically to know that it works
o Organoleptic properties
• Aspects of food that one experiences via the senses (taste, sight, smell, touch)
▪ Signals presence of allelochemicals (= chemicals that are produced by a living
organism but are bread out of a lot of cultivating plant foods)
o Spice
• Dry parts (roots, leaves, seeds) that impact a certain flavour + pungent stimuli
▪ Typically occur in semi/tropical origin/regions
▪ Flavoring, appetite stimulants or some kind of other stimuli
o Culinary herb
• Aromatic leaves or seeds of non-woody temperate plants
• Ex basil, parsley, Thyme, rosemary, sage, mint
o Condiments
• Multicomponent, added to already-prepared foods
• Already processed additive to food
Taste
o 5 diff tastes
• Uname (savoury/meaty/brothy)
• Bitter
• Sour
• Salty
• Sweet
o Imparted by volatile (easily becomes vapor or gas) essential oils
• Complex compounds
• Terpenes (carbon, oxygen, ? Compounds) = strongly aromatic, volatile
o Variation in flavour characteristics of indiv plants of same species
• Growth conditions (soil, hydration, temperature)
• Collection (time of harvest + duration of drying)
Document Summary
Science of drug origin composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, toxicology, drug reactions: = medicine/other substance having physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body, eating not only way, can snort it, enema, ethnopharmacology. Substantiated or tested according to bio-scientifically: tested scientifically to know that it works, organoleptic properties, aspects of food that one experiences via the senses (taste, sight, smell, touch) Flavoring, appetite stimulants or some kind of other stimuli: culinary herb, aromatic leaves or seeds of non-woody temperate plants, ex basil, parsley, thyme, rosemary, sage, mint, condiments, multicomponent, added to already-prepared foods, already processed additive to food. Taste: 5 diff tastes, uname (savoury/meaty/brothy, bitter. Food pharmacology: synergistic effects of diff spices put together, that enhance bioavailability + potency of companion phytochemicals. Improve healthful qualities of foods: remedy chronic problems micronutrient deficient, spice complexes - 2 main, ayurveda trikatu, 3 things put together - v strong + unpleasant taste, taken to better digest food properly.
