PREFACE
Section (A) FOOD AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS
1. Food from various forest sourcesBronwen PowellSchool of Dietetics and Human Nutrition and the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada
2. Multifaceted application of edible mushroomR. Cohen, L. Persky, Y. Hadar Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
3. Oils/fats from forest and their applicationLuiza Helena Meller da SilvaLAMEFI - Physical Measurement Laboratory, Faculty of Food Engineering, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará 66075-900, Brazil
4. Sweeteners from plants and their application in modern lifestyleR. S. Pawar, A. J. Krynitsky, J. I. RaderCenter for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, USA
5. Nutritional, industrial, and pharmaceutical potential of plant gumB. S. Khatkar, D. Mudgil, S. BarakDepartment of Food Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar 125001, India
6. Spices from forest: from past to present timeLinda C. TapsellDirector, National Centre of Excellence in Functional Foods, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
7. Potential herbs and spices from forest and their role in liver and kidney diseases managementYonghua WangCenter of Bioinformatics, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
8. Fodder from forest tree spicesDeepak Kumar, Archana BachhetiDepartment of Agriculture, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, India

Section (B) MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR PRODUCTS
9. Aromatic plants and herbal drugs from forestAlexander N. ShikovSaint-Petersburg Institute of Pharmacy, Kuzmolovsky, Russia, 2 All Russian Research Institute Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (VILAR), Moscow, Russia
10. Health benefits, traditional and modern uses of natural honeyLiyanage D.A.M. Arawwawala, Industrial Technology Institute, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
11. Role of traditional chewing sticks in oral hygiene in Africa: An important non-timber product Fekade Beshah, Yilma HundeIndustrial Chemistry Department, Applied Science College, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, PO. Box 16417, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
12. Ganoderma lucidum: king of mushroomSudhir Thapliyal Bagwan Gramodhyog Samiti, village Shyampur, PO Ambiwala, Premnagar, Dehradun, India
13. Seeds and nuts used in health care and disease preventionR.K. BachhetiDepartment of Industrial Chemistry, College of Applied Science, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, P.O. Box-16417, Ethiopia
14. Potential application of herbs from forest against heart disease managementL.C. Di StasiPhytopharmaceutical Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, UNESP. CP 510, CEP, 18618-000, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
15. Forest based herbal drug for