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Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Importance of proximate composition and method of estimation. 3. Importance of minerals and method of estimation. 4. Importance of vitamin and quantification method. 5. Importance of phenolic compounds and method of estimation. 6. Importance of anti-nutrient and method of estimation. 7. Toxicity studies. 8. Nutraceutical description of wild edible plants. 9. Discussion and recommendation. 10. List of plants active against various diseases. References.

The book ‘Wild Edible Plants from North-East India: Prospective Entrants as Nutraceuticals: A Scientific Dossier’ presents comprehensive information on nutritional, anti-nutritional, minerals, vitamins, phenolic acids, flavonoids and toxicity studies of 130 species of wild edible plants used by the people of North-East India.

This book can be used as reference manual for scientific validation of ethno-botanical claims and as ready source of information on 130 species of wild edible plants. It is expected to be useful for the researchers, academicians, management authorities, policy makers, dieticians, healthcare professionals, amateurs and the community people. It will surely provide opportunities for community livelihood through commercialization and domestication of these wild plant resource of our country.