Eleusine indica for food and medicine

• Main Authors: Zikry Hamizan Md Zakri, Monica Suleiman, Ng, Shean Yeaw, Zainab Ngaini, Salahaudin Maili, Fatimah Salim
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin 2021
• Subjects: RM214-258 Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks; RV1-431 Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32010/1/Eleusine%20indica%20for%20food%20and%20medicine_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32010/2/Eleusine%20indica%20for%20food%20and%20medicine.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32010/; https://journal.unisza.edu.my/agrobiotechnology/index.php/agrobiotechnology/article/view/260/252; http://dx.doi.org/10.37231/jab.2021.12.2.260
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Eleusine indica, a perennial herb that belongs to the Poaceae family, is locally known as “rumput sambau”. The species can be found in the tropical regions and it is the only species of Eleusine in Malaysia. In India, some parts of the plant such as the roots and the seeds are used as food and can b...