PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES AND MULTIPURPOSE USES OF SEED OIL OF MORINGA OLEIFERA

Moringa, belonging to family Moringaceae is originated from India (Lim, 2012). The edible parts of the plant are leaves, flowers, young capsules, seeds, fruits and roots. It is cultivated mainly for its nutritive pods containing approximately 20 seeds per pod (Somali et al., 1984), (Jamieson, 1939). Moringa oleifera seeds have been studied by many researchers

Preparing New Beverage from Moringa oleifera Leaves

Moringa Oleifera belongs to the family of Moringaceae included 14 species which growing fast in the tropics and subtropics areas is native to India, Africa, Asia Minor and sub-Himalayan tracts, drought tolerant, the height of the tree ranged from 5 to 10 m in three years. It is spread in North and South America, Cambodia,

The versatility of the Moringa oleifera oil in sustainable applications

The origin of Moringa oleifera Lamarck is mentioned as a culture that dates from ancient times, coming from Agra and Oudh in India, south of the Himalayas (Foidl et al., 2001); belonging to the Moringaceae family, of single genus, being one of the 13 species (Fahey, 2005). Its cultivation can be done in arid, semiarid