The ethnobotany and nutritional values of wild rice [<i>Zizania latifolia</i> (Griseb.) Turcz. ex Stapf] (Poaceae) in Manipur
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The ethnobotany and nutritional values of wild rice [<i>Zizania latifolia</i> (Griseb.) Turcz. ex Stapf] (Poaceae) in Manipur
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Jain, Alka
Singh, H Birkumar Bhattacharyya, PR |
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: HI" lang="EN-GB">Wild rice (<i>Zizania latifolia</i>)</span>
Ethnobotany Edible Food value Manipur |
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Wild rice<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> [<i>Zizania latifolia </i>(Griseb.) Turcz ex stapf.)], locally called ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Kambong</i>’ or ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Ishing-kambong</i>’ (in Manipuri) is an aquatic/wetland plant of Manipur and is used for various purposes by the ethnic people ranging from food to fodder, thatch roofing, firewood substitute, house wall plastering material, etc. The infected gall forming culm (infected with the fungus <i>Ustilago esculenta</i> P. Henn.) is highly eaten by the local people of Manipur and regarded as delicacy and fetching Rs 28-55 per kg and is a source of livelihood for a section of rural populace. The galls are nutritious with protein (8.13%), carbohydrate (13.82%) and with other micro and macro-nutrients. The edible part of the plant is also having good antioxidant properties like total phenolics (84.1 mg GAE/g dry weight of plant), total flavonoides (7mg QE/g dry wt of plant) and antiradical power value of 10.4. Presence of toxic arsenic (0.09 ppm) in wild rice is much below the permissible limit and hence quite safe for consumption. The tender shoot of this plant is fondly eaten by <i>Cervus eldi eldi</i> McClelland, a critically endangered deer species of the world and also the ‘state animal’ of Manipur. </span> |
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2012-01-17T07:12:19Z
2012-01-17T07:12:19Z 2012-01 |
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Article
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0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13426 |
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en_US
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Int. Cl.<sup>8</sup>: A61K 36/00, C09K 15/00, C01G 28/00, C22 30.04, A23L 1/29, A23L 2/66, A23J 3/14
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<img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
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NISCAIR-CSIR, India
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IJTK Vol.11(1) [January 2012]
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