TITLE:
Health Effects of Consuming Vegetables Grown in the Presence of Salt: A Systematic Review
AUTHORS:
Ericie Hermeline Sossou, Victoire Damienne Agueh, Bonaventure Awede, Latif Lagnika, Akadiri Yessoufou, Christophe Gandonou, Charles Sossa, Gélase Atiogbe, Clément Agbangla
KEYWORDS:
Consumption, Vegetables, Salt Stress, Health
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.13 No.6,
June
20,
2022
ABSTRACT: In arid and semi-arid areas, salinity problems are common due to several
factors. In Africa, salinity and alkalinity affect 24% of the continent’s arid
and semi-arid areas and about 30% of the African population depends on these
lands. This salinity is not without consequences for crops. The objective of
this systematic review is to update research knowledge on the effects of salt
stress on vegetables and consumers. To achieve this, several searches were conducted in four search engines and bibliographic
databases of electronic scientific
journals (PubMed, African Journal Online, Google scholar and Cochrane).
The PICO-based research question for this synthesis was: In rats consuming mutant
or non-mutant vegetables grown in the presence of salt, does the consumption of
mutant or non-mutant vegetables grown in the presence of salt have an impact on
the health of consumers? A total of 321 articles were available in the
scientific journals explored, only three addressed the effect on nutritional
aspects and none of them addressed the health effects of vegetables grown in
the presence of salt. The results of these interventions revealed that salt
stress altered the nutritional profile of the plants explored. This alteration
was reflected in variations in vitamin and mineral content. Moreover, salt
stress could also alter the number of fruits on the plants. This systematic review will therefore contribute to the
implementation of research on the impact
of the consumption of vegetables grown in the presence of salt on the
health of consumers.