Indian butter tree: An excellent source of nutrition and livelihood generation
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Cheura (Diploknema butyraceae) belonging to Sapotaceae family, is an important oil seed of tree-origin, distributed from India (Garhwal, Kumaun eastward to Sikkim) to Nepal and Bhutan (sub Himalayan tracts and outer Himalayan ranges). In India, it occurs abundantly in Uttarakhand region. Fatty Oil in kernels known as phulwa or phulwara ghee and is used for cooking and frying of vegetables and food. It is also used for preparing medicines, ointment, candles, cream and other user friendly products. The cake produced after processing of Cheura is used as manure and has pesticidal properties. Keeping the above facts in view, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the nutritional aspects and preliminary phytochemical analysis of cheura seeds. A high performance thin layer chromatography method for the separation of active constituents has been developed which would be helpful in identification and isolation of the chemical markers present in cheura seeds. Qualitative analysis of the different extracts of the plants has been done by the standard methods and with the help of this analysis nature of the compounds which have been present in the plant is being identified. This study will further help in developing the value added products from cheura seeds.
Key words: Cheura (Diploknema butyraceae), Sapotaceae, tree borne oil seed, nutritional aspects, analysis, value addition. Sustainable forest management, Economic Development, Biodiversity conservation, Adaptive and integrated management, Research.
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