Wild Edible Plants: Ethnomedicinal Use, Botany, Diversity, Biochemistry, Human Health Effect
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2022) | Viewed by 13661
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Interests: wild edible fruits; morphology; biochemistry
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Interests: natural compounds; phytochemical analysis; sample preparation; gas chromatography; HPLC; ionic liquids; deep eutectic solvents; chiral analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
Wild edible plants are highly valued for their unique flavors, textures, and colors. The world’s native wild edible plant resources have not been completely explored and still remain underutilized in several geographical regions.
In recent years, wild edible plants have been attracted by scientists and shown to provide significant health benefits because of their high specialized metabolites content, vitamins, minerals, fiber, folic acid, etc. In addition to fresh consumption, wild edible plants are widely used in beverages, ice cream, yogurt, jams, jellies and many other food products. A number of wild edible plants are used by rural and tribal populations and significantly contribute to their livelihood. The use of non-cultivated foods, of which wild edible plants form a part, as a diet supplement, or as a coping mechanism in times of food shortage, provides an important safety net for the rural poor, especially in underdeveloped countries. There is now a greater awareness that products from the wild may support household subsistence and that income may be created from their sale, either in raw or processed forms. This awareness has prompted research into the diversity of the species that are used and their relation to the socio-economic status of those who use them. Wild edible plants are also important constituents of biodiversity. The biological functions of wild edible fruits, such as antioxidant, antiviral, immune system protectant, and hypolipidemic activities, are attributed to specialized metabolites. The main focus of this Special Issue is to provide insights on the ethnomedical use of wild edible plants, importance of germplasm in crop enhancement, increase in resistance to biotic or abiotic stresses, increase in quality, and synthesis of desirable or health beneficial compounds, taste and flavor, earliness, etc. Another target is to introduce new crops for the diversification of cultivated plants and markets. Global climate change is setting new requirements for crops and presents challenging goals for breeders.
We would be happy to receive proposals for scientific contributions, in the form of a title and abstract.
Prof. Dr. Sezai Ercisli
Prof. Cecilia Cagliero
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wild edible plants
- ethnomedicinal
- diversity
- human health
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