Sakun Publishing House
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
OF PHARMACY & LIFE SCIENCES
May 2014 (Vol. 5 Issue 5, Accepted)
Archita Behera, Sanjeet Kumar*, Padan Kumar Jena
Department of Botany,
Ravenshaw University, Cuttack- 753 003, India
ABSTRACT
Wild
tuber crops are a paramount wild food among tribal communities of Odisha. The
aboriginals collected different types of wild tubers and store them for off
agriculture seasons, food scarcity and medicinal purposes. The major wild tuber
crops are belongs to family Dioscoreaceae and Araceae in Odisha. Among them,
genus Amorphophallus belongs to
family Araceae, are important as per availability and consumption rate. The literature
survey revealed that species of this genus are used against different types of
microbial infections and other diseases due to possess different types of
bioactive compounds. The present work highlights the nutritional and
pharmacological activity of Amorphophallus
species available in Odisha, with giving attention to conserve this wild food
plants for sustainable development.
Key- words: Amorphophallus species., Food values, Medicinal
values, Pharmacological properties.
Corresponding
Author
Sanjeet Kumar
Email-Id: sanjeet.biotech@gmail.com
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