Author(s):

Narayan Sahu and Anita Lakra

Abstract: Moringa Oleifera leaves are extremely valuable source of nutrition for people of all ages. Moringa leaves contain affluence of essential, disease preventing nutrients. They even contain all of the essential amino acids, which is unusual for a plant source. The young leaves are edible and are commonly cooked and eaten like spinach or used to make soups and salads. They contains good source of vitamin A, vitamins B, and C, minerals, and the sulphur. Moringa Oleifera leaves could be a great boon to people who do not get protein from meat. The micro-nutrient content is even more in dried leaves; (ten times the vitamin A of carrots), (17 times the calcium of milk), (15 times the potassium of bananas), (25 times the iron of spinach) and (nine times the protein of yogurt).they contain higher amounts of many of these nutrients.

Pages: 536-538  |  1319 Views  796 Downloads

Download (269KB)