Non-timber forest products : food, healthcare and industrial applications / Azamal Husen, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti, Archana Bachheti, editors.
Husen, Azamal, editor.; Bachheti, Rakesh Kumar, editor.; Bachheti, Archana, editor.
2021
SD543
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Title Non-timber forest products : food, healthcare and industrial applications / Azamal Husen, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti, Archana Bachheti, editors.
ISBN 9783030730772 (electronic bk.)
3030730778 (electronic bk.)
303073076X
9783030730765
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73077-2
Publication Details Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvii, 473 pages) : illustrations
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-73077-2 doi
Call Number SD543
Dewey Decimal Classification 634.9/8
Summary Forests cover thirty-one percent of the world's land surface, provide habitats for animals, livelihoods for humans, and generate household income in rural areas of developing countries. They also supply other essential amenities, for instance, they filter water, control water runoff, protect soil erosion, regulate climate, store nutrients, and facilitate countless non-timber forest products (NTFPs). The main NTFPs comprise herbs, grasses, climbers, shrubs, and trees used for food, fodder, fuel, beverages, medicine, animals, birds and fish for food, fur, and feathers, as well as their products, like honey, lac, silk, and paper. At present, these products play an important role in the daily life and well-being of millions of people worldwide. Hence the forest and its products are very valuable and often NTFPs are considered as the potential pillars of sustainable forestry NTFPs items like food, herbal drugs, forage, fuel-wood, fountain, fibre, bamboo, rattans, leaves, barks, resins, and gums have been continuously used and exploited by humans. Wild edible foods are rich in terms of vitamins, protein, fat, sugars, and minerals. Additionally, some NTFPs are used as important raw materials for pharmaceutical industries. Numerous industry-based NTFPs are now being exported in considerable quantities by developing countries. Accordingly, this sector facilitates employment opportunities in remote rural areas. So, these developments also highlight the role of NTFPs in poverty alleviation in different regions of the world. This book provides a wide spectrum of information on NTFPs, including important references. We hope that the compendium of chapters in this book will be very useful as a reference book for graduate and postgraduate students and researchers in various disciplines of forestry, botany, medical botany, economic botany, ecology, agroforestry, and biology. Additionally, this book should be useful for scientists, experts, and consultants associated with the forestry sector.
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Bachheti, Rakesh Kumar, editor.
Bachheti, Archana, editor.
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Preface
Potential role of forest-based plants in essential oil production: an approach to cosmetic and personal health care applications
Aromatic oils from forest and their application
Role of traditional chewing sticks in oral hygiene and other benefits
Plant-based sweeteners and their applications in modern lifestyle
Nutritional, pharmaceutical and industrial potential of forest-based plant gum
Commercial, cosmetic and medicinal importance of sandal (Santalum album): a valuable forest resource
Forest-based edible seeds and nuts for healthcare and disease control
Medicinal plants of Himalayan forests
Forest-based medicinal plants for cardiovascular diseases
Potential role of medicinal plants in cure of liver and kidney diseases
Forest-based medicinal plants for cancer cure
Health benefit, traditional and modern uses of natural honey
Spices obtained from forest and other resources
Ganoderma lucidum: king of mushroom
Health-promoting benefits, value-added products and other uses of banana
Forest-based plants in beautification and their medicinal significance
Food, fodder and fuel-woods from forest
Fibre from forest and their importance in modern time.

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