NUTRITIVE VALUE OF SOME MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES OF LAMIACEAE FROM DIBRUGARH, ASSAM, INDIAJunali ChetiaAbstract Lamiaceae family members are used as vegetable food and therefore, the nutritional status of the plant samples were determined to get an idea about their food value using standard laboratory methods. All the samples are found to have nutritional value above 300cal/kg. The ash, moisture, fat, protein and carbohydrate content of the plants vary from plant to plant. Inflorescence of Pogostemon auricularius (L.) Hassk. Recorded highest (444.20cal/kg) nutritive value than other tested plants. The selected plants have nutritional value but are not equally used as food in spite of their medicinal importance. Thus, this kind of study may provide information about the nutritional quality of these plants and some of them can be used as supplementary source of human food. The plants may have nutritional value but they are still not considered as âfunctional foodâ and are not well experimented. Perhaps these plants may contain some anti-nutritional factor which affects their nutritional value. |