<scp><i>Moringa oleifera</i></scp>: a valuable insight into recent advances in medicinal uses and pharmacological activities

Jikah, Agatha Ngukuran; Edo, Great Iruoghene

doi:10.1002/jsfa.12892

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“…40 Moringa oleifera is also a source of food nutrition, and cosmetics industries, with many other applications and unique properties. 41–43…”

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Development of hybrid electrospun alginate-pulverized moringa composites

Orisawayi,

Koziol,

Hao

et al. 2024

RSC Adv.

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“…40 Moringa oleifera is also a source of food nutrition, and cosmetics industries, with many other applications and unique properties. 41–43…”

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confidence: 99%

Development of hybrid electrospun alginate-pulverized moringa composites

Orisawayi,

Koziol,

Hao

et al. 2024

RSC Adv.

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“…Moringa oleifera (M. oleifera) is a "Miracle tree" and has spread to the tropical and subtropical regions of the world [1]. It is a small, deciduous tree, and also known as the drumstick or horseradish tree or benzoyl tree [2,3,4]. It flourishes in various environmental conditions and can tolerate extremely high and low temperature (12.6 to 40 ºC) [5,6,7].…”

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Immobilization of silver nanoparticles with gum of Moringa oleifera for effective antibacterial activities against human disease-causing bacterial species

Ali,

Ahmad,

Uddin

et al. 2024

Preprint

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The misuse of antibiotics generates resistant bacterial strains that are extremely dangerous and pose a serious threat to global health systems. This global issue needs a rapid and urgent alternative to control the growth of resistant strains. In this study, a novel strategy was adopted to suppress the growth of resistant pathogens. Here, an immobilization approach was applied using silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and gum of medicinally important Moringa oleifera. In many studies, the gum and AgNPs alone have proven antibacterial activities. Here, the differential concentrations of AgNPs were immobilized with gum of M. oleifera to investigate its potential against highly resistant pathogens. Immobilization is a powerful technique that is commonly used in pharmaceutics for controlled reactivity and emulsification. The immobilized AgNPs displayed promising activities against highly resistant B. subtilis (23.6mm, 50 µL:200 µL), E. coli (19.3; 75 µL:200 µL), K. pneumoniae (22 mm; 200 µL:200 µL), P. mirabilis (16.3 mm; 100 µL:200 µL), P. aeruginosa (22 mm; 175 µL:200 µL) and S. typhi (19.3; 25 µL: 200 µL) than either AgNPs alone or gum. The immobilized AgNPs released the positive sliver ions and the positively charged nanoparticles (NPs) are attracted by the negatively charged bacterial cells. After attachment and permeation to bacterial cell, the immobilized NPs altering the cell membrane permeability, protein denaturation, causing oxidative stress, deactivating enzymes, generating ROS, DNA damage and changing gene expression level. It has been mechanistically considered that the immobilized AgNPs can kill bacteria by damaging their cell membranes, dephosphorylate tyrosine residues during their signal transduction pathways, cell apoptosis, rupture the organelles and inhibiting the cell division and finally lead to cell death. This study has a potential to be adopted by pharmaceutical industries as highly effective antibacterial alternatives to synthetic drugs.

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A review on the biological and bioactive components of Cyperus esculentus L.: insight on food, health and nutrition

Edo,

Samuel,

Nwachukwu

et al. 2024

J Sci Food Agric

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Tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) is a small, tuberous root vegetable that has gained increasing attention in recent years due to its potential health benefits. This review article provides an elaborate overview of tiger nut, including its botany, historical uses, nutritional composition, potential health benefits and traditional medicinal uses. This review article comprehensively discusses the nutritional profile of tiger nut, providing a detailed understanding of its nutrient content. Furthermore, the potential health benefits of tiger nut are thoroughly reviewed, including its effects on digestive health, cardiovascular health, blood sugar control, immune function and other potential therapeutic uses. Scientific articles used for this review were retrieved from ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, PubMed and SciELO databases. Only articles published between 1997 and 2022 were used for research. This review contributes to a better understanding of tiger nut and its prospective uses in functional foods and medicine by combining the available scientific material. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Moringa oleifera: a valuable insight into recent advances in medicinal uses and pharmacological activities

Cited by 36 publications

References 173 publications

Development of hybrid electrospun alginate-pulverized moringa composites

Development of hybrid electrospun alginate-pulverized moringa composites

Immobilization of silver nanoparticles with gum of Moringa oleifera for effective antibacterial activities against human disease-causing bacterial species

A review on the biological and bioactive components of Cyperus esculentus L.: insight on food, health and nutrition

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