Medicinal and Edible Uses of Non-Timber Forest Resources

Dear Colleagues,

Forests represent sources of abundant living organisms; they are providers of ecosystem services, especially food services, because people may acquire food and medicines by collecting flora, fauna and funga from forests. Thus, for many populations, they constitute a source of subsistence. Various scientific reports have demonstrated the nutritional and therapeutic properties of several fungi and plants, and the chemistry of these natural products, such as those responsible for such properties, has been documented.

Forests also represent a valuable source of genetic resources that must be used responsibly by present and future generations. Scientific advances have allowed the use of agroecological and biotechnological techniques to conserve, maintain, or propagate natural forest resources. However, the loss of traditional knowledge, climate change, and anthropological activities are threats to the natural wealth of forests and the natural services they provide.

This Special Issue of Forests highlights potential topics related to non-timber forest resources and includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Useful flora and funga in indigenous communities;
• Traditional medicine knowledge;
• Bromatological analysis of foods;
• (Ethno)pharmacological studies of medicinal plants and fungi;
• Technologies used to conserve, maintain, and propagate natural resources;
• Chemical studies supporting the medicinal and health benefits of plants and fungi;
• The metabolomics, targeted and untargeted, of medicinal and edible plants and fungi.

Dr. Maria Elena Estrada-Zuñiga
Dr. Angélica Román-Guerrero
Guest Editors

Dr. Carmen Zepeda-Gómez
Guest Editor Assistant

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forests is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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• non-timber products
• medicinal plants
• edible forest products
• genetic resources
• chemical analysis