Wild edible plants (WEPs) and their cultivated counterparts serve as vital sources of food, nutrition, and traditional medicine in Northeast India. In Manipur, particularly in Kangchup Chingkhong, rural communities rely on these species for dietary diversity and primary healthcare. Despite their importance, comparative analyses of key secondary metabolites such as alkaloids and glycosides remain limited.

This study quantified total alkaloid and glycoside contents in selected wild and cultivated plants from Kangchup Chingkhong using validated spectrophotometric methods. Alkaloids were estimated by the Bromocresol Green (BCG) method at 470 nm with atropine as the standard, and glycosides were determined by the phenol–sulfuric acid method at 490 nm. All analyses were performed in triplicate, and results were expressed as mg/g dry weight equivalents.