Nutritional evaluation of some potential wild edible plants of North Eastern region of India.

Autor:	Talang H; ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India., Yanthan A; ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Medziphema, Nagaland, India., Rathi RS; ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India., Pradheep K; ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India., Longkumer S; ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India., Imsong B; ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Medziphema, Nagaland, India., Singh LH; School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Medziphema, Nagaland, India., Assumi RS; ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India., Devi MB; ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India., Vanlalruati; ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India., Kumar A; ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India., Ahlawat SP; ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India., Bhatt KC; ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India., Bhardwaj R; ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in nutrition [Front Nutr] 2023 Mar 01; Vol. 10, pp. 1052086. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 01 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.3389/fnut.2023.1052086
Abstrakt:	Introduction: India's north-eastern hill region (NEH) is one of the biodiversity hotspots, inhabited by several tribal communities still maintaining their traditional food habits. Much of their food resources are drawn from wild sources. Materials and Methods: Fourteen species of wild edible plants of high ethnic importance were collected from remote localities of Nagaland and Meghalaya states of the NEH region of India for nutritional profiling. Nutritional profiling of leaves of six species comprising Gynura cusimbua, Garcinia cowa, Herpetospermum operculatum, Plukenetia corniculata, Trichodesma khasianum , and Elatostemma sessile is conducted first time under present study. Samples were analyzed as per the Official Method of Analysis (AOAC) and standard methods. Results and Discussion: The range of variation in proximate composition was observed for moisture (72-92%), protein (1.71-6.66%), fat (0.22-1.36%), dietary fibre (5.16-14.58%), sugar (0.30-3.41%), and starch (0.07-2.14%). The highest protein content (6.66%) was recorded in Herpetospermum operculatum , followed by Trichodesma khasianum (5.89%) and Plukenetia corniculata (5.27%). Incidentally, two of these also have high iron (>7.0 mg/100 g) and high zinc (>2.0 mg/100 g) contents, except Trichodesma khasianum , which has low zinc content. High antioxidant activities in terms of gallic acid equivalent (GAE) by the cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity (CUPRAC) method ranged from 1.10 to 8.40 mg/100 g, and by the Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) method ranged from 0.10 to 1.9 mg/100 g, while phenol content ranged between 0.30 and 6.00 mg/100 g. These wild vegetables have high potential because of their nutritional properties and are fully capable of enhancing sustainability and improving ecosystem services. Efforts were also initiated to mainstream these resources, mainly for widening the food basket of native peoples. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Talang, Yanthan, Rathi, Pradheep, Longkumer, Imsong, Singh, Assumi, Devi, Vanlalruati, Kumar, Ahlawat, Bhatt and Bhardwaj.)
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