Book ID: 116257
Seal, Tapan
Wild edible plants from North-East India. Prospective entrants as nutraceuticals. A scientific dossier- 2023. illus. (col.). 704 p. 4to. Hardcover.
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Importance of proximate composition and method of estimation. 3. Importance of minerals and method of estimation. 4. Importance of vitamin and quantification method. 5. Importance of phenolic compounds and method of estimation. 6. Importance of anti-nutrient and method of estimation. 7. Toxicity studies. 8. Nutraceutical description of wild edible plants. 9. Discussion and recommendation. 10. List of plants active against various diseases. References.
The book presents comprehensive information on nutritional, anti-nutritional, minerals, vitamins, phenolic acids, flavonoids and toxicity studies of 130 species of wild edible plants used by the people of North-East India.
This book can be used as reference manual for scientific validation of ethno-botanical claims and as ready source of information on 130 species of wild edible plants.