Rövid leírás:

This book focusses on the developments and applications of wild edible plants for treatment alternatives and prevention in lifestyle-related diseases. Special emphasis is placed on diversity, category, and pharmacological values of wild edible plants.

Hosszú leírás:

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, academia, and plant scientists interested in the health benefits of wild edible plants.

Tartalomjegyzék:

1. Ethnobotanical Review of Wild Edible Plants. 2. Modern Approaches in Identifying Medicinal Wild Edible Plants. 3. Efficacy versus toxicity of wild edible plants: An inherent contradiction. 4. Current research in phytonutrient potential of wild edible plants. 5. Wild edible plants and the importance of vitamins as a constituent. 6. Solanum and Asparagus oils are good sources of omega fatty acids. 7. Wild edible plants as alternate food sources and agents of food security. 8. Cancer Drug Development from the Wild Edible Plants: Needs and Current Status. 9. Dandelions: Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological activities for human wellness. 10. Consumption of Mushroom as a food source: Overview, health benefits and safety. 11.   Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth., a Brazilian Caatinga species with anti-hypertensive properties: developing a pythomedicine from its inflorescences. 12.   Ethnobotanical review of wild edible plants in Serbia. 13.   Nutritional, Pharmaceutical and Antinutritional properties of Wild Edible Plants: What have we learned from the Mediterranean diet. 14.   Parkia speciosa Hassk.: A medicinal plant from the wild.