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Nutritional Potential of Wild Edible Rose Hips in India for Food Security

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Wild Food Plants for Zero Hunger and Resilient Agriculture

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Abstract

Wild fruits possess important bioactive chemicals that may prove useful in alleviating several health ailments. In many places around the world, wild fruits have played an essential role in providing nutrition and dietary requirements to the poor. Nutraceuticals are gaining wide acceptance for their flavor and nutritional benefits. One such resource in India with untapped potential is the fruits of wild Rosa species. Rose hips are used to make a variety of foodstuffs and beverages, including jams, jellies, teas, and alcoholic beverages. In traditional medicine, the rose hips are used to treat eczema, cold, cough, bronchitis, stomachic diseases, kidney diseases, peptic ulcer, cardiac diseases, asthma, rheumatism, cancer, and hemorrhoids. Biochemically, the fruits of these species are rich in carbohydrates, phenolics, flavonoids, tocopherols, terpenes, carotenoids, fatty acids, galactolipids, vitamins, minerals, and tannins. The rich phytochemical composition attributed several pharmacological properties to the rose hips such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulator, cardioprotective, anticancer, antidiabetic, neuroprotective, and antibacterial properties are attributed to the rich phytochemical composition of rose hips. In addition to nutritional benefits, these may assist in the alleviation of hunger in hilly areas of India, particularly in the Himalayan region if explored scientifically. This chapter attempts to provide detailed information on the phytochemical and nutritional composition of the wild species of Rosa found in India.

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    Suruchi Singh

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Singh, K., Gairola, S. (2023). Nutritional Potential of Wild Edible Rose Hips in India for Food Security. In: Kumar, A., Singh, P., Singh, S., Singh, B. (eds) Wild Food Plants for Zero Hunger and Resilient Agriculture. Plant Life and Environment Dynamics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6502-9_7

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