Table 2.

Some examples of halophilic species and their main uses.

Main use	Species	Features	Reference
Vegetable	Inula crithmoides	Source of iodine in the diet	Zurayk and Baalbaki, 1996; Tardío et al., 2006
	Aster tripolium	High levels of polyphenols and minerals	Koyro et al., 2011
	Atriplex hortensis	High protein and amino acid contents	Carlson and Clarke, 1983
	Plantago coronopus	Vitamins A, C and K	Koyro, 2006
	Batis maritima	Essential amino acids and antioxidants such as vitamin E	Debez et al., 2010
	Portulaca oleracea	High levels of omega-3 fatty acids and several antioxidant compounds (β-carotene, vitamins C and E)	Simopoulos, 2004
Vegetable, grain crop and oilseed	Salicornia and Sarcocornia sp.	Rich in essential fatty acids, minerals, and antioxidant compounds such as polyphenols	Ventura and Sagi, 2013
Grain crop	Distichlis palmeri Chenopodium quinoa	High-quality protein	Glenn et al., 2013
Oilseed	Suaeda fruticosa, Haloxylon stocksii, Halopyrum mucronatum, Cressa cretica, Arthrocnemum macrostachyum, Alhaji maurorum	22–25% of oil content and relatively high fraction of unsaturated fatty acids	Weber et al., 2007
Feed fodder livestock	Atriplex lentiformis		Glenn et al., 2013