Nutritional Quality of Edible Parts of Moringa oleifera

Sánchez-Machado, Dalia I.; Núñez‐Gastélum, José Alberto; Reyes-Moreno, Cuauhtémoc; Ramírez‐Wong, Benjamín; López-Cervantes, Jaime

doi:10.1007/s12161-009-9106-z

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“…oleifera macronutrient composition from edible parts of the plant might vary according biotic and abiotic conditions of the environment as well as maturity of them. The data obtained in this study could not coincide with others reported before due to difference in soil, weather and maturity of the plant (Sanchez-Machado et al, 2010). The chemical composition of plant edible parts represents a good source of macronutrients essential for human nutrition with a well balance of underutilized nutrients.…”

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Moringa oleifera L. An underutilized tree with macronutrients for human health

Melo

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Quirino

et al. 2013

Emir. J. Food Agric

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Moringa oleifera Lam (Moringaceae) is a highly valued plant, distributed in many countries of the tropics and subtropics. Many parts of the Moringa are edible. Regional uses of the Moringa as food vary widely, and include: the immature seed pods, called "drumsticks", popular in Asia and Africa, leaves, particularly in South India and Africa, mature seeds, oil pressed from the mature seeds and roots. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of different morphological parts of this tree as food or feed. Moringa leaves, flowers, seedpods and seeds were collected from Michoacán State, Mexico and analyzed according for mineral contents. The leaves of M. oleifera and the residue obtained after the recovery of oil from seeds can be good sources of proteins for human and animal feeds.

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Section: Resultscontrasting

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Moringa oleifera L. An underutilized tree with macronutrients for human health

Melo

Vargas

Quirino

et al. 2013

Emir. J. Food Agric

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“…This may be because of a tolerable level of anti-nutrients in Moringa (Anhwange et al, 2004;Sánchez-Machado et al, 2010). The numerically higher values obtained for most of the blood parameters were within the normal blood range for healthy goats, indicating that M. oleifera could safely be included in goat diet (Oluwole-Banjo et al, 2001;Jibowu et al, 2017).…”

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A nutritional and economic evaluation of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> leaf meal as a dietary supplement in West African Dwarf goats

Yusuf¹,

Mlambo²,

Iposu³

2018

SA J. An. Sci.

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Moringa oleifera leaves may have the potential to enhance nutritional status, growth performance, and health of ruminant animals when used as part of their diets. However, the nutritional value of the leaves for goats is largely unknown and needs to be investigated. Consequently, eighteen West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks weighing 7.0 ± 0.33 kg were used in a completely randomized design to evaluate the effects of diluting a conventional supplement with three levels of M. oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) on growth performance, haematology, and blood biochemical constituents. The MOLM was included in the commercial supplement at a rate of 0, 50, and 100 g/kg dry matter (DM). Including MOLM in the supplement did not significantly affect weight gain, dry matter intake, and metabolic weight gain of bucks. Packed cell volume (PCV), red blood cell (RBC), haemoglobin concentration (hb), and total protein were not significantly influenced by MOLM inclusion, either. However, blood urea concentration was significantly increased in bucks that were offered MOLM-based diets. All blood parameters, as well as alanine transaminase (ALT) and urea, were within the normal reference ranges for clinically healthy goats. The MOLM-based supplements had significantly lower feed cost per kilogram of weight gain and higher profit per kilogram of gain. It was concluded that diluting the commercial supplement with MOLM up to 100 g/kg DM does not impair the nutritional status, growth performance and health status of the goats while reducing the feed cost per gain.

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“…Makkar and Becker [29] stated that its leaf protein has the amino acid profile comparable to that of the WHO/FAO/UNO standard protein for growing children. Foidl [38]; Sanchez-Machado [39] and Moyo [40] reported that Moringa contains high quality protein, due to the presence of high levels of essential amino acids. Table 6.…”

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Annual Biomass Production, Chemical Composition and In- sacco Degradability of Different Cultivars of Moringa oleifera

Huque¹,

Bashar²,

Sarker³

et al. 2017

IJEAB

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Abstract- (224.9, 222.4 & 223.8 g.kg -1 DM of crude protein (CP), respectively, and 450.9, DM of neutral detergent fiber, respectively) or nutritional value (47.4, 46.7 & 45.3% of potential, and 62.8, 64.2 and 63.6% of effective degradability of dry matter) was found for the cultivars. BSM-L had a significantly higher survivability (97.2%), prune number per plant (3.50) and RGR (15.6 mg DM/day) than WSM (25.0%, 3.10 & 10.8

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Nutritional Quality of Edible Parts of Moringa oleifera

Cited by 190 publications

References 27 publications

Moringa oleifera L. An underutilized tree with macronutrients for human health

Moringa oleifera L. An underutilized tree with macronutrients for human health

A nutritional and economic evaluation of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> leaf meal as a dietary supplement in West African Dwarf goats

Annual Biomass Production, Chemical Composition and In- sacco Degradability of Different Cultivars of Moringa oleifera

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