Abstract:

Cultivation of wild edible vegetables, traditionally used as food, should increase in agriculture, as they have valuable nutritional content and contain bioactive compounds. Notably, wild edible green vegetables play a significant role in conventional diets. They are abundant in phenols and show high antiradical activity. The aim of this study was to determine the DPPH radical-scavenging activity, total phenolic content (TPC), and vitamin C content in 21 wild edible plants collected from Bingol province of eastern Turkey. According to the results, the content of TPC, Vitamin C and level of DPPH radical-scavenging activity is higher in leaves than in stems of the edible greens.