Nutritional Insights Into Of Some Wild Leafy Vegetables Of Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council Area Of Assam, India.

Abstract

Wild leafy vegetables (WLVs) play a pivotal role in food stuff and higher nutritional, as well as natural medicinal value. Ethnic communities like Rabha tribes consumed leafy vegetables and used to cure various ailments. The main objectives of this research to investigate nutritional insights into some selected wild leafy vegetables in studied area.  The proximate compositionanalysis, as well as consult with standard literature, Samples were analysis by Standard methods. The key findings are wild leafy vegetables content higher nutritional value other than cultivated vegetables. Leafy vegetables are excellent source of antioxidant, many vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. Leafy vegetables are source of many classes of bioactive compounds like saponins, vitamin E derivatives, alkaloids, polyphenol anthraquinones, phenolic compounds, flavonoids phenolic acid, and anthocyanidins, and they have biological activity. WLVs content high concentration of crude protein, calcium, phosphorous, zinc, but low in crude fat content.  WLVs has ethnopharmacological value. Indigenous tribecommunities have traditionally used wild leafy vegetables for their medicinal properties, leveraging their nutritional and therapeutic benefits.