EXPLORING TRADITIONAL WILD EDIBLE PLANTS [electronic resource].
- Published
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2025.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators
- Agarwal, Vibhor, Singh, Sachidanand, and Datta, Rahul
Access Online
- Taylor & Francis: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series
- Contents
- Ethnobotanical review of wild edible plants / Hiral S. Desai, Sachidanand Singh, Vibhor Agarwal -- Modern approaches in identifying medicinal wild edible plants / Sneha Joshi, Yogesh Godiyal, Devesh Tewari -- Efficacy versus toxicity of wild edible plants: an inherent contradiction / Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, Asia Farooq, Huma Qureshi, Zakia Binish -- Current research in phytonutrient potential of wild edible plants / Dimitrios D. Ntakoulas, Konstantina Tsikrika, Ioannis N. Pasias and Charalampos Proestos -- Wild edible plants and the importance of vitamins as a constituent / Srijit Das and Srinivasa Rao S -- Solanum and Asparagus oils are good sources of omega fatty acids / Zhihong Xu -- Wild edible plants as alternate food sources and agents of food security / Muhammad Majeed, Hakim Ali Sahito, Wali Muhammad Mangrio, Murad Muhammad, Mumtaz Hussain, Robina Aziz, Allah Nawaz Khan, Allah, Bakhsh Gulshan -- Cancer Drug Development from the Wild Edible Plants: Needs and Current Status / Noopur Khare, Pragati Khare, Sachidanand Singh -- Dandelions: Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological activities for human wellness / Ari Satia Nugraha, Watchara Sangsopha, Ria Cahyaningsih, Reza Yuridian Purwoko, Lilla Nur Firli and Phurpa Wangchuk -- Consumption of Mushroom as a food source: Overview, health benefits and safety / Özge Cemali and Duygu Ağagündüz -- Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth., a Brazilian Caatinga species with anti-hypertensive properties: developing a pythomedicine from its inflorescences / Sara Léa Fortes Barbosa, Angélica Gomes Coêlho, Francisco Valmor Macedo Cunha, Brenda Nayranne Gomes dos Santos, Iolanda Sousa do Carmo, Bernardo Melo Neto, José de Sousa Lima-Neto, Lívio César Cunha Nunes, Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo and Antônia Maria das Graças Lopes Citó -- Ethnobotanical review of wild edible plants in Serbia / Milica Aćimović and Biljana Lončar -- Nutritional, Pharmaceutical and Antinutritional properties of Wild Edible Plants: What have we learned from the Mediterranean diet / Alice Nabatanzi -- Parkia speciosa Hassk.: A medicinal plant from the wild / Yusof Kamisah and Hawa Nordin Siti.
- Summary
- "Wild edible plants are native species that grow and reproduce naturally in their natural habitats without domestication. These plants can serve as a healthier alternative to farmed crops that may be heavily laden with pesticides and other poisonous substances. This book focuses on assessment of the nutritional value, potential health benefits, and mechanisms of action of various wild edible plants. It presents information on nutrients and bioactive ingredients that can have health advantages, including antioxidant properties, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antidiabetic effects. Features: Comprehensive exploration of potential benefits as well as side effects of wild edible plants. Special emphasis is placed on diversity, category, and pharmacological values of wild edible plants. Discusses challenges regarding the usage of wild edible plants such as overharvesting and habitat destruction, safety, and toxicity. A volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, this book highlights bioactive compounds and therapeutic efficacies of various wild edible plant species. It is useful reading for scientists, researchers, and academia interested in the health benefits of wild edible plants as well as plant scientists"--
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781040114810 (electronic bk.)
1040114814 (electronic bk.)
9781003395935 (electronic bk.)
1003395937 (electronic bk.)
9781040114773 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1040114776 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1032498862
9781032498867
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