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Nutraceutical and Bioactive Significance of Ferns with Emphasis on the Medicinal Fern Diplazium

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Being primitive vascular plants, pteridophytes (ferns) have wide geographic distribution in different climatic regimes by bridging the gap between lower and higher plants. Compared to the angiosperms, nutraceutical and bioactive potential of ferns attracted less attention. Many ferns are nutraceutically viable owing to their rich source of protein, fiber, minerals, vitamins, essential amino acids, and fatty acids. Besides bioherbicide potential, ferns are endowed with chemopreventive, hepatoprotective, cytotoxic, antihyperglycemic, leishmanicidal, trypanocidal, antimicrobial, antinociceptive, and immunomodulatory metabolites. Ferns are also valuable source of low-cost proteins, starch, and components of cosmeceutical significance. The genus Diplazium has pantropical distribution consisting of versatile nutraceutical and bioactive compounds. Future research should intensify toward exploitation of ferns as nutraceutical, healthcare, and industrial products to open up new avenues for food and pharmaceutical industries.

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The first author greatly acknowledges the award of INSPIRE Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Government of India. The corresponding author is grateful to the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, for the award of UGC-BSR Faculty Fellowship.

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Greeshma, A.A., Sridhar, K.R. (2019). Nutraceutical and Bioactive Significance of Ferns with Emphasis on the Medicinal Fern Diplazium. In: Egamberdieva, D., Tiezzi, A. (eds) Medically Important Plant Biomes: Source of Secondary Metabolites. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 15. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9566-6_6

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