HORT 3440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spice Trade, Allspice, Garlic
22 Aug 2016
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Most herbs and spices originate from three main geographic regions: Old world tropics (particularly india and the far east) eastern hemisphere. In antiquity, spices were useful in many different ways. For preserving foods (this was a huge issue before refrigeration) Many herbs and spices are potent inhibitors of bacterial growth. Extracts of 30 herbs and spices were tested against several bacterial cultures. All inhibited or killed at lease one-quarter of the bacterial species. The four most potent killed ever species tested: garlic, onion, allspice, and oregano. Garlic lowers blood pressure and cholesterol too. All active ingredients in mouthwash are plant products. Expedition sponsored by egyptian queen hatshepsut in 1500 bc to the land of. She brought back mur trees (good for mouth sores) Patterns of conquest in the middle east resulted in an on-again/off-again flow of spices from the far east to europe, like a swinging door
