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SPICES Biology, History, Production, Uses Janice Ott
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“He who controls the spice, controls the universe.” from Dune by Frank Herbert
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Sassafras
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Sassafras albidum Food for birds, mammals
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Beverage, tea Exported by colonists (second to tobacco) Learned from Iroquois tonic after labor topical for rhematism colds, fevers FilE used for thickening gumbo from dried, ground leaf Root beer Soaps, perfumes
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1970s safrole liver damage Precursor to MDMA (ecstasy) Safrole is a weak carcinogen in rats Banned by FDA Roots dont’s have safrole Analgesic, antiseptic, fungicide
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What “Aromatic natural products that are the dried seeds, buds, fruit, flower parts, bark, or roots of plants, usually of tropical origin.”
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All spices are edible. Herbs are not spices, usually leaves. When dried, herbs can be a spice.
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HERBIVORY Herbivory is Predation
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Insects (adult and larvae), mammals, rodents, fungi
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Leaf miner Sap sucker, gall makers Defoliators
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Galls
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Bark Beetles
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Mammal Damage
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deer
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I. Plants Problem Decrease fitness Decrease vigor, biomass Decrease competitive edge Decrease reproduction
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II. Plants Solution 1. thorns Prickly Rose
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2. Secondary compounds Primary compounds are proteins, sugars, starches needed for growth When herbivory is high produce toxins
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Secondary compounds Black pepper cinnamonnicotine
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a. Secondary compounds discourage herbivores 1) tannins 2) phenols (aromatics) 3) terpenes (volatiles)
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I.Alkaloids (affect nervous system) act as insecticides 1. Morphine 2. Cocaine (coca leaves) 3. Caffeine allelopathy chocolate, tea 4. Nicotine 5. Mescaline (Peyote) 6. Nutmeg 7. Morning Glory 8. Nightshades
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II. Terpenoids all plants, volatile 1. Essential oils fragrance to deter pathogens deter herbivores humans use for aromatherapy humans use for topical medicine 2. Taxol treat ovarian and breast cancer from fungus on European yew 3. Rubber
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III. Phenols attract pollinators Flavonoids, Flavins 1. Anthocyanins Grapes, berries Color depends on pH Human – protect against heart disease, diabetes, cancer, aging
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2.Salicylic Acid Willow tree, aspirin, skin care Hippocrates 3.Lignin adds strength to cell walls Waterproof Fungal attacks
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Secondary are toxic Usually in specific vacuoles Not every plant can produce every product Only produced when needed
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Plants response to overgrazing Fast growing plants protect juvenile parts Slow growing plants defend entire life
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Secondary compounds b. suppress competitors c. expensive only for valuable tissue (young) defense only when needed withdraw when no longer needed
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d. coevolution Hares10 year Voles3-4 year Moose10-30 year Response: heavier shoots longer sprouts overgrowth at growing tips no flowers this year
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III. Herbivory Most eaten: young, tender tips (papyriferic acid 2x in shoots) high carbon areas birch, willow, aspen, poplar Least eaten: alder, spruce, old wood
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Coevolution Milkweed is toxic
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History Accidently –Who???? Used to mask unpleasant Money cardamon = years wages peppercorns = several slaves
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Spice Trade
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3,000 BCE First record of trade Assyrians 2600 BCE Evidence pyramid builders had foreign spices 1550 BCE Ebers papyrus lists spices used for medicine and embalming
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Bible: Joseph sold to a spice caravan
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1750 BCE Hammurabi codes Lists penalities for sloppy medical use of spices 1458 BCE Egyptian queen,Hatshepsut, visited Punt (modern Somalia) for spices
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Arabs controlled trade for centuries 950 BCE caravans from India to the Greeks
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Incense Road
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Caravan could take 2 years
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Incense Road, Silk Road
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425 BCE Herodotus harvest cinnamon 331 BCE Alexander the Great founded Alexandria 80 BCE Ptolemy gave Alexandria to Romans
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Arabs dominated until 1100 CE
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1298 CE Marco Polo traveled to China, found world about spice locations.
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Vasco de Gama 1498 CE first to reach India by sea
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Most important event
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Portugal and Spain 1493 Pope Alexander VI split
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1519-1522 Magellan Circumnavigate 5 ships, only 1 left
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Spain sold rights to Portugal, Portugal controlled spice trade
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1580 Sir Francis Drake 1580 British East India Company 1640 Dutch East India Company Dutch seized Malaysia 1780 Dutch and English war English control
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Okay, okay, okay. What’s in your cupboard?
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Worldwide importance Medieval every town had Pepper St. Pepper district Canterbury Tales Sailors = gold earring, bag of peppercorns
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India>Pakistan, Afghanistan> Iran, Iraq, Syria>Turkey> Balkan States>Venice Perfect for trade Venice became strong nation Developed banking system Medici Bank
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Piper nigrum Vine Fruit is a drupe produces 3 rd yr continue 15 yrs
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Originally S. India Currently 34% Vietnam
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Turns red when ripe
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Peppercorn Cooked and dried
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Green =unripe White = ripe, soaked, outer removed Black = half-ripe, dry
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Manganese Vitamin K Copper Fiber Iron Chromium calcium
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Medicine aid digestion stimulates taste buds increase hydrochloric acid improve appetite treat coughs, colds colic diabetes anemia chewed for throat inflammation
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Contains alkaloids piperine CNS depressant anti-oxidant anti-fungal anti-flatulent diuretic breakdown fat cells
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