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Use of Moringa oleifera as a complementary food fortificant

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Title Use of Moringa oleifera as a complementary food fortificant
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Creator Manoj Kumar Tripathi, Amit K.Sharma, S.K.Giri, S.S.Deshpande, R.S.Jadam
 
Subject Moringaoleifera,malnutrition, antioxidants, food fortification, micronutrients
 
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Moringa oleifera Lam (Moringaceae) is a highly valued plant, distributed in many countries of the tropics and subtropics. Moringa
oleifera grown and used in many countries around the world is a multi-purpose tree with medicinal, nutritional and socioeconomic
values. Most plant parts of the Moringa are edible. It is already established the medicinal uses of M. Oleifera leaves by different local communities of world and identified several phytochemicals present in M. oleifera extracts. Malnutrition causes a great deal of human suffering and is associated with more than half of all deaths of children worldwide. Malnutrition severely
affects the socio-economic development of a nation because a work force that is stunted both mentally and physically may have a
reduced work capacity. Thus nutrition plays an important role in the reproduction of poverty from one generation to the next. Not
only is the M.oleifera tree extraordinary in that all parts of the tree are edible, but the most amazing aspect of the tree is its
exceptionally high nutritional value. Moringa tree can be utilized in treating the malnutrition in a local and cost-effective manner.
Present review focuses on the potential benefits of M. oleifera in treatment of malnutrition.
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Date 2021-08-19T05:30:12Z
2021-08-19T05:30:12Z
2017-12-01
 
Type Review Paper
 
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2321 – 3663
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/58761
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Scientific Planet Society