Salicornia / Zeekraal

Zeekraal is een pioniersplant en als geen andere plant bestand tegen zoute omstandigheden. De plant neemt het zout op tijdens de groei en heeft daardoor een zilte smaak. Het eerste deel van de wetenschappelijke naam, Salicornia, is een combinatiewoord uit het Latijn, want sal of salis is 'zout' en cornu is 'hoorn'. Dat laatste probeert de vorm van de geledingen te duiden. Tijdens het begin van de industriële revolutie was er in Engeland een enorme vraag naar zeekraal omdat voor de fabricage van glas en zeep soda nodig was. Zeekraal werd in grote hoeveelheden geoogst en op het strand verbrand. De overblijvende as bevatte hoge concentraties aan dat natriumcarbonaat.

Recept: Zeekraalsalade met garnalen, shiitakes en gember

Voorgerecht voor 4 personen

• • 300 g verse zeekraal

  • 20 steurgarnalen, gepeld

  • 1 klein stuk gemberwortel, fijngehakt

  • 50 g shiitakes, in schijfjes

  • ½ citroen

  • 3 el smaakloze olie

  • 1 tl sojasaus

  • ½ tl versgemalen peper

  • 1 tl geroosterd sesamzaad

Was en droog de zeekraal. Maak de vinaigrette: per de halve citroen uit, meng met de olie, sojasaus, peper en gember. Verdeel de salade van zeekraal, de shiitakes en de garnalenstaarten over 4 kommetjes of glazen. Bestrooi met sesamzaad en giet er voor het opdienen de vinaigrette overheen.

Wetenschappelijk onderzoek

1. Hypolipidemic effect of Salicornia herbacea in animal model of type 2 diabetes mellitus http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849048/

2. Salicornia herbacea prevents high fat diet-induced hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia in ICR mice http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16597000

3. Evaluation of Salicornia herbacea as a Potential Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Agent http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19627218

4. Effects of Salicornia herbacea L. supplementation on antioxidative enzyme activities in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

http://www.koreamed.org/SearchBasic.php?RID=0124KJN/2008.41.7.583&DT=1

5. Effects of enzymatic hydrolysates from Hamcho(Salicornia herbacea L.) on blood glucose and serum lipid composition in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search/display.do?f=2009/KR/KR0904.xml;KR2009001384

6. Effects of polysaccharides from Salicornia herbacea on anti-diabetic activity in rats http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/22/1_MeetingAbstracts/1113.4

7. Effects of polysaccharides from Salicornia herbacea on proliferation and apoptotic activity in mouse splenocytes http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/22/1_MeetingAbstracts/1110.2

8. Inhibitory effects of isorhamnetin-3-O-beta-D-glucoside from Salicornia herbacea on rat lens aldose reductase and sorbitol accumulation in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat tissues http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15863906

9. Antioxidant properties and cytotoxic effects of fractions from glasswort (Salicornia herbacea) seed extracts on human intestinal cells

http://www.springerlink.com/content/t3321j044556409j/

10. Immunomodulatory activity of polysaccharides isolated from Salicornia herbacea http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16846839

11. Immunomodulating Activity of Salicornia herbacea Extract

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=20940781

12. Inhibitory effect of 3-caffeoyl-4-dicaffeoylquinic acid from Salicornia herbacea against phorbol ester-induced cyclooxygenase-2 expression in macrophageshttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19931518

13. Synergistic activation of monocytes by polysaccharides isolated from Salicornia herbacea and interfereon-gamma http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17204386

14. Dicaffeoylquinic acid derivatives and flavonoid glucosides from glasswort (Salicornia herbacea L.) and their antioxidative activity

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030881461001023X

15. The protective effects of Salicornia herbacea L. against liver toxicity http://www.dbpia.co.kr/view/ar_view.asp?arid=796278

16. Antioxidant and Antithrombus Activities of Enzyme-Treated Salicornia herbacea Extracts http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17536188

17. Effect of Salicornia herbacea Supplementation on the Kidney Damage in Puromycin Aminonucleoside-treated Rats http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/21/6/A1080-a

18. Anti-proliferative effect of polysaccharides from Salicornia herbacea on induction of G2/m arrest and apoptosis in human colon cancers cells

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19996705

19. Macrophage activation by polysaccharide fraction isolated from Salicornia herbacea http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16183225

20. Tungtungmadic acid, a novel antioxidant, from Salicornia herbaceahttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16276965

21. Tungtungmadic acid isolated from Salicornia herbacea suppresses the progress of carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis in mice http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search/display.do?f=2008%2FKR%2FKR0703.xml%3BKR2007000875

22. Protective mechanisms of 3-caffeoyl, 4-dihydrocaffeoyl quinic acid from Salicornia herbacea against tert-butyl hydroperoxide-induced oxidative damagehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19647727

23. Flavonoid glycosides isolated from Salicornia herbacea inhibit matrix metalloproteinase in HT1080 cellshttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18715546

24. 3-caffeoyl, 4-dihydrocaffeoylquinic acid from Salicornia herbacea inhibits tumor cell invasion by regulating protein kinase C-δ-dependent matrix metalloproteinase-9 expressionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20599481

25. Effects of solvent-extracted fractions from Salicornia herbacea on anti-oxidative activity and lipopolysaccharide-induced NO production in murine macrophage RAW264.7 cellshttp://www.dbpia.co.kr/view/ar_view.asp?arid=903350

26. Studies on pharmacological effects of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea L.)http://210.101.116.28/W_kiss3/07300480_pv.pdf

* Salicornia herbacea=Salicornia europaea=Tungtungmadi(Korean)=Hamcho(Korean)