Moringa oleifera: A Miracle Multipurpose Potential Plant in Health Management and Climate Change Mitigation from Bahraich (UP) India - An Overview

Abstract

Moringa oleifera known as -horseradish tree‖ or -drumstick tree‖, native to India, is one of the best useful tree and with an enormous amount of benefits in the world. Numerous research reports have appeared in different national and international scientific journals by studying its nutritional and medicinal properties of Moringa over the past decades. Different reports show that due to its multipurpose uses Moringa tree has recently got attention in different countries. Moringa oleifera is a tree that is sometimes called a -Miracle Tree‖ and -Super food‖ because of all its parts are used for nutritional and pharmacological properties. Moringa is a very valuable food tree which is highly nutritive, grows very fast, drought resistant and even beyond food it serves many benefits in developing countries such as having an ability to be used for some crafts due to being a tree and also due to cleaning of water it is one of the best useful tree. The Moringa tree can also play an important role in soil and water conservation and mitigating climate change. This study provides a brief overview about multipurpose uses of Moringa oleifera tree and its implication for climate change mitigation.

Effects of Negarim Micro Catchment on Growth and Survival of Two Provenances of Moringa oleifera Under Different Spacing in a Semi-Arid Area of Kitui County, Kenya

“…However, in this study, competition for growing space and light was not observed. This observation supports the claim made by Mall & Tripathi (2017) that there is not much competition for light when plants are between 1.6 and 2.0 meters tall. Additionally, Amaglo et al (2006) came to the conclusion that M. oleifera, as a thriving plant crop, exhibited considerable increases in the number of leaves developed and average plant height.…”

Adaptogenic effects of the leaves aqueous extract of Moringa oleifera in rats

“…Increase in relative organ weight (heart and brain) of rats during training session, resulting from administration of Moringa extract may indicate the improvement in the nutritional state of the animal. Moringa leaves have a long history as an herbal remedy, and nutritious addition to the diet (Mall and Tripathi, 2017). Moringa leaves are an excellent source of protein, and are rich in metabolisable energy, vitamins, minerals, fats, and contain the 10 amino acids essential to man (Oyeyinka and Oyeyinka, 2018).…”

“…They are an excellent source of protein, metabolisable energy, vitamins (A, B, C, E), minerals, and contain the 10 amino acids essential to man (Lamou et al, 2016). M. oleifera leaves are used in traditional medicine to treat malnutrition, fever, headaches, nerve pain, diabetes and many other diseases (Mall and Tripathi, 2017).…”

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“…Antifungal, abortifacient, antibacterial, and emmenagogue properties are all found in the bark. Bark can be used for tanning and also produces a coarse fiber 37 .…”