Bioactive and Medicinal Potential of Edible Flowers
Marium Ahsan, Muhammad Akram, Umme Laia, Surendar Rangasamy, Francisco Garcia-Sierra, Md. Al Hasibuzzaman, Fethi Ahmet Ozdemir, Gaweł Sołowski, Najmiatul Fitria, Marcos Altable, Mohamed M Hassan, Adonis Sfera
From the previous decades edible flowers are effectively used in the treatment of various ailments.
These edible flowers also used in salads, sauce, beverages and many more. In the composition of edible
flowers lipid content, carotenoids, vitamin E, fatty acid, linoleic acid, alpha linolenic acid, xanthophylls,
alpha tocopherol, lutein, zeaxanthin and many more chemical components presents. These chemical
component shows various activities like anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant etc.
