Showing Food Silver linden
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| Name | Silver linden | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Tilia tomentosa | ||||||||||
| Description | Silver Linden, Tilia tomentosa, is a species of flowering plant native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia. It is widely consumed in Europe and North America. The flowers, leaves, and bark of the tree are used in culinary preparations, such as teas, infusions, and desserts. The flowers have a strong, sweet scent and a pale yellow color, while the leaves are green and densely white tomentose with white hairs below. The taste of the flowers is sweet and slightly bitter. Silver Linden has been traditionally used for its health benefits, including as a calming agent and sedative. The flowers contain flavonoids, phenolic acids, and terpenoids, with quercetin being one of the most notable compounds (PMID: 35947287). The medicinal uses of Silver Linden include treating anxiety, insomnia, and digestive issues. Industrially, the wood of the tree is used for furniture making and paper production. A peculiar mode of preparation involves making a calming tea by infusing the flowers in hot water, which is often consumed before bedtime to promote relaxation. (PMID: 26144285) | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00003 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Herbs and Spices | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Herbs | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 845789 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Tilia tomentosa | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Rothwell JA, Pérez-Jiménez J, Neveu V, Medina-Ramon A, M'Hiri N, Garcia Lobato P, Manach C, Knox K, Eisner R, Wishart D, Scalbert A. (2013) Phenol-Explorer 3.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database to incorporate data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content. Database, 10.1093/database/bat070. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||