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Table 1 List of plants used in Eu preparation

From: Biochemical and microbial profiling establish “Eu” (a traditional fermented beverage of Toto people) as a probiotic health drink

Common name

Scientific name

Family

Local name

Parts use

Importance

Finger millet

Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.

Poaceae

Kodo/marua/mambai

seeds

Calcium and High protein [5]

Rice

Oryza sativa L.

Poaceae

Anku

Seeds

High amylase content [6]

Chili

Capsicum annuum L.

Solanaceae

Gajamuri

Fruit

Anti-bacterial [7]

Bayur tree

Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willdenow

Malvaceae

Lassu/gaitra/Hantipiley

Leaf

Antioxidant and antiinflammatory [8]

Leadwort

Plumbago zeylanica L.

Plumbaginaceae

Chetoar

Leaf

Enhancer [9]

Chickweed

Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult.

Caryophyllaceae

Makabi

Leaf

Little bitterness, old, Digestive problems [10]

Lady fern

Athyrium nigripes (Blume) T. Moore

Aspleniaceae

Changra

Leaf

Anti-microbial [11]