Nutritive values of wild edible fruits, berries, nuts, roots and spices consumed by the Khasi tribes of India

Agrahar-Murugkar, Dipika; Subbulakshmi, G.

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“…Investigations that were performed all over the world on nutritive composition of wild plants indicate a high content of proteins (Freiberger et al, 1998;Glew et al, 2005), fatty acids (Guil et al, 1996; Downloaded by [University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries] at 17:39 27 December 2014 Guil Guerrero and Rodriguez-Garcia, 1999), then high quantities of minerals, especially K, Na, Ca, P, Mg (Guil Guerrero et al, 1998;Agrahar-Murugkar and G. Subbulakshmi, 2005). Investigations of the vitaminous composition of wild plants indicate a great amount of vitamin C, then keratin (Zennie and Ogzewalla, 1977;Guil et al, 1997), and similar compounds that indicate great anti-oxidant properties of these plants (Cook et al, 1998;Sena et al, 1998;Kelawala and Ananthanarayan, 2004).…”

Section: Nutritional Value Of Wild Plants and Possibilities Of Usementioning

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Wild Edible Plants and Their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia‐Herzegovina

Redzic

2006

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

141

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This article presents first systematical procedure results on traditional usage of wild, edible, vitaminous, and aromatic plants in the nutrition of human population in Bosnia and Herzegovina (W. Balkan peninsula; SE Europe). By method of an ethnobotanical interview, which comprised of over 250 persons, whose average age was 55, and by research on edible wild flora all around Bosnia and Herzegovina that extended over many years, detected were 308 plants belonging to 73 plant families that are being used in nutrition and diet of indigenous population. Edible wild plants are used as delicious vegetables, fruits, peer and spices, in either fresh, raw, or dried condition. Plants are being used for the making of cooked food (33%), fresh salads (19%), mush and bread (17%), or as fresh, wild fruits and drinks (13%) or as spices and ethno-pharmacological potions (10%). The majority of identified, wild edible plants may satisfy the daily human need for elementary nutrition material, particularly those of vitamins C and A, and for some minerals, according to the regulations of World Health Organization (WHO).

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Section: Nutritional Value Of Wild Plants and Possibilities Of Usementioning

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Wild Edible Plants and Their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia‐Herzegovina

Redzic

2006

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

141

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“…The nutritional value of wild plants was determined from previous data (Vračarić 1977;Zennie and Ogzewalla 1977;Grlić 1980;Redžić 1993;Freiberger et al 1998;Guil Guerrero et al 1998;Ozcan 2002;Agrahar-Murugkar and Subbulakshmi 2005;Imran et al 2007;Redžić 2010a), which referred to related populations of researched species from the similar ecological and geographical area.…”

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Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans

Pieroni¹,

Quave²

2014

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“…Trio may serve as forage plants, fodder for cattle, and goats and a green source of dye, fodder, fiber, and a corrosion inhibitor. CD is one of many recommended trees that can stand against dust pollution [193]. However, its tolerance to stand tannery effluent is low in comparison to Acacia nilotica, Ficus religiosa, Pongamia pinnata and Cassia auriculata [194].…”

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Nutraceautical wild Fruits of India-Lasora (Cordia)-History, Origin and Folklore

Ahuja¹,

Ahuja²,

Ahuja³

2020

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Review Article Strikingly similar fruits of Cordia dichotoma, C. myxa and C. sinensis are known as Lasora in vernacular languages in India and Pakistan. The trio has been used since ages in India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Arab and Africa as folk medicine and in Ayurvedic, Arabian, Chinese, Unani (Greek), Persian and Siddha systems of medicine. Most of plant parts, like roots, twigs, roots, stem and root bark, leaves, seeds and even the gum are useful. Folks in various countries and parts of India use fruits, tender leaves and inflorescence as vegetable. Fruits are eaten as raw and used pickled. In many parts of India, Africa and East Asia these species serve as source of survival and food during famines. Cordia has long been used as an anti-diabetic, anthelminth, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, astringent, cicatrizant, diuretic, hepato-protective, immune-modulator and febrifuge and as an appetite and cough suppressant in folkloric and traditional medicine. Cordia for long employed to treat urinary infections, lung diseases and leprosy in traditional medicine. The timber and wood is turned into various types of handles, utensils and agricultural tools. Trio seems to be a future green resource source of dye, fodder, fiber, as a corrosion inhibitor, cosmetic and anti-aging agent, pharmaceutical binder for tablets, sustained drug delivery and an anti-capping agent. The present paper reviews the history, distribution, use as food, forage and feed, as medicine in folk, animal and human health; pharmaceutical and therapeutic uses, cultural, ecological and nutritional value, and miscellaneous uses and disadvantages of Lasora.

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Nutritive values of wild edible fruits, berries, nuts, roots and spices consumed by the Khasi tribes of India

Cited by 37 publications

References 15 publications

Wild Edible Plants and Their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia‐Herzegovina

Wild Edible Plants and Their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia‐Herzegovina

Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans

Nutraceautical wild Fruits of India-Lasora (Cordia)-History, Origin and Folklore

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