Authors : SURUCHI NAIK AND REKHA SHARMA
Page Nos : 247-250
Description :
Tribal women of Melghat, traditionally use ethnomedicinal plants as dietary sources. The objective of the study was to confirm the medicinal and nutritional importance of the plants from the traditional medicinal systems of India. The common recipes of tribal population prepared from medicinal plants were collected by interview cum questionnaire method. Medicinal and nutritional properties were confirmed from Indian Pharmacopeia Dravyagunvidnyan and other available literature.The recipes prepared from Dhondri, Palash, Umbaru, Gokharu, and Semal were standerdised and were subject to palatability test on 9 point hedonic scale in urban area. The palatability test showed that more than 50% of respondents rated the recipes above score 6, thus shows good acceptabilty of tribal recipes even in urban areas.The scope of the study suggests need for conservation of ethnomedicinal and traditional dietary practices of tribal population.
