Moringa plants: Bioactive compounds and promising applications in food products

Saucedo-Pompa, Saúl; Torres-Castillo, Jorge Ariel; Castro-López, Cecilia; Rojas, Romeo; Sanchez-Alejo, Ernesto J.; Heya, Maginot Ngangyo; Martínez-Ávila, Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe

doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2018.05.062

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“…Crude oils can be used for other applications than frying, being naturally enriched in bioactive compounds, with increased stability toward oxidation than refined ones. This will be reflected in a high shelf life time of the oil, when used as is or when used as an oil source in processed foods, as cookies [5]. Additionally, the melting properties of Moringa oil are also indicated as being highly interesting for the industry of spread products and margarines, as a healthy alternative to partially hydrogenated fats [5].…”

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“…This will be reflected in a high shelf life time of the oil, when used as is or when used as an oil source in processed foods, as cookies [5]. Additionally, the melting properties of Moringa oil are also indicated as being highly interesting for the industry of spread products and margarines, as a healthy alternative to partially hydrogenated fats [5]. Also, Moringa oil can be used in blends, to enhance the oxidative stability of commercial oils or margarines.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several factors contribute for this widespread interest, including its easy cultivation in a variable range of climatic and geographical conditions, its high production yields, the multipurpose uses of all its vegetative structures (leaves, flowers, immature pods, seeds, etc. ), with nutritional relevance for humans and animals, a traditional use for medicinal purposes, in agroforestry systems and for water purification [2][3][4][5][6]. Its seeds are rich in oil, used for cosmetic and perfume production since ancient times, as lubricants in machinery and, more recently, for biodiesel production [7][8][9].…”

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The Potential of Some Moringa Species for Seed Oil Production

2018

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There is an increasingly demand for alternative vegetable oils sources. Over the last decade there has been fast growing interest in Moringa oleifera Lam., particularly due to its high seed oil yield (30-40%), while other Moringa species with similar potentialities are reducing their representativeness worldwide. This review reinforces the interesting composition of Moringa oil, rich in oleic acid and highly resistant to oxidation, for industrial purposes, and shows that other Moringa species could also be exploited for similar purposes. In particular, Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori has an interesting oil yield and higher resistance to pest and diseases, and Moringa stenopetala (Bak. f.) Cuf. is highlighted for its increased resistance to adverse climate conditions, of potential interest in a climate change scenario. Exploring adapted varieties or producing interspecies hybrids can create added value to these less explored species, while renewing attention to endangered species. Moringa seed oil can be extracted by conventional methods or using physical methods (pressing), creating diverse products from a compositional perspective, able to serve both the biodiesel and food industries.

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Section: Oil Extraction and Applicationsmentioning

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The Potential of Some Moringa Species for Seed Oil Production

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“…To date, the scientific evidence on the biological and pharmacological activities of extracts and bioactive compounds deriving from plants is very strong [25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. In the last years, many studies have explored the association between the ingestion of bioactive compounds and decreased risk of non-communicable diseases.…”

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Phytochemical Profile and Biological Properties of Colchicum triphyllum (Meadow Saffron)

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Rocchetti

Okur

et al. 2020

Foods

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In this work, the phytochemical profile and the biological properties of Colchicum triphyllum (an unexplored Turkish cultivar belonging to Colchicaceae) have been comprehensively investigated for the first time. Herein, we focused on the evaluation of the in vitro antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory effects of flower, tuber, and leaf extracts, obtained using different extraction methods, namely maceration (both aqueous and methanolic), infusion, and Soxhlet. Besides, the complete phenolic and alkaloid untargeted metabolomic profiling of the different extracts was investigated. In this regard, ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) allowed us to putatively annotate 285 compounds when considering the different matrix extracts, including mainly alkaloids, flavonoids, lignans, phenolic acids, and tyrosol equivalents. The most abundant polyphenols were flavonoids (119 compounds), while colchicine, demecolcine, and lumicolchicine isomers were some of the most widespread alkaloids in each extract analyzed. In addition, our findings showed that C. triphyllum tuber extracts were a superior source of both total alkaloids and total polyphenols, being on average 2.89 and 10.41 mg/g, respectively. Multivariate statistics following metabolomics allowed for the detection of those compounds most affected by the different extraction methods. Overall, C. triphyllum leaf extracts showed a strong in vitro antioxidant capacity, in terms of cupric reducing antioxidant power (CUPRAC; on average 96.45 mg Trolox Equivalents (TE)/g) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) reducing power (on average 66.86 mg TE/g). Interestingly, each C. triphyllum methanolic extract analyzed (i.e., from tuber, leaf, and flower) was active against the tyrosinase in terms of inhibition, recording the higher values for methanolic macerated leaves (i.e., 125.78 mg kojic acid equivalent (KAE)/g). On the other hand, moderate inhibitory activities were observed against AChE and α-amylase. Strong correlations (p < 0.01) were also observed between the phytochemical profiles and the biological activities determined. Therefore, our findings highlighted, for the first time, the potential of C. triphhyllum extracts in food and pharmaceutical applications.

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“…However, the anti‐nutritional factors in MOL may hinder efficient utilisation, absorption and digestion of protein and decrease protein bioavailability and nutritional status (Devisetti et al ., ). The extraction of MOL protein for subsequent use as a food ingredient has been suggested to increase consumer acceptability (Saucedo‐Pompa et al ., ).…”

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Purification of peptide fraction with antioxidant activity from Moringa oleifera leaf hydrolysate and protective effect of its in vitro gastrointestinal digest on oxidatively damaged erythrocytes

Lin

Zhu

Zhao

et al. 2018

Int J of Food Sci Tech

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Moringa oleifera leaf (MOL) is an excellent source of high-quality plant protein. MOL hydrolysate (MOLH) was prepared by enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol precipitation. The adsorption kinetics of SP-207 resin for antioxidant peptides from MOLH were studied. The adsorption process for antioxidant peptides on SP-207 was well described by the pseudo-second-order kinetics model. The adsorption was a multi-molecule layer adsorption process, which was exothermic. The peptide fraction with antioxidant activity (MOLP, 40% ethanol elution fraction) possessing high contents of antioxidant and hydrophobic amino acids was obtained by SP-207 column chromatography. A total of eight dipeptides including PR, L(I)K, L(I)H, L(I)P, L(I)L(I), GE, VL(I) and PF were identified in gastrointestinal digest of MOLP by UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS. The protective effects of MOLP digest and LH on oxidatively damaged erythrocytes by inhibition of MDA formation were comparable to that of GSH, indicating that MOLP could be used as an antioxidative ingredient in functional food.

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Moringa plants: Bioactive compounds and promising applications in food products

Cited by 134 publications

References 76 publications

The Potential of Some Moringa Species for Seed Oil Production

The Potential of Some Moringa Species for Seed Oil Production

Phytochemical Profile and Biological Properties of Colchicum triphyllum (Meadow Saffron)

Purification of peptide fraction with antioxidant activity from Moringa oleifera leaf hydrolysate and protective effect of its in vitro gastrointestinal digest on oxidatively damaged erythrocytes

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