Nutritional Fulfillment and Anemia Status Monitoring through Android Application “E-Monitoring: Nutritional Intake” and Moringa (Moringa oleifera) Leaf Premix Cookies Consumption

Nutritional characterization of Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) leaves

1 Department of Livestock and Pasture Science, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, P. Bag 1314, Alice, 5700, South Africa. 2 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Institute (ARDRI), University of Fort Hare, P. Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa. 3 Department of Microbial Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of Free the State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein...

Impact of Daily Consumption of Moringa (moringa Oleifera) Dry Leaf Powder on Iron Status of Senegalese Lactating Women

A randomized study was conducted to test the efficacy of Moringa powder on iron status and weight gain in women. In an open-labelled randomized trial, 82 moderately anaemic, lactating women, aged 26.7± 6.5 years, received a weekly dose of either 100g of Moringa powder(Moringa group) or 120 mg iron sulphate with 0.5 mg folic acid (Control group). Data from 64 women (33 from Moringa group and 31 ...

Moringa Oleifera Leaf as Functional Food Powder: Characterization and Uses

Moringa oleifera commonly known as drumstick, horse radish, shobhanjana, murungai, soanjna, shajna, sainjna is often referred as “mother’s best friend” is a plant found wide applications in food and allied fields due to rich source of diverse range of nutrients and bioactive materials. Moringa is considered as one of the world’s most useful plant per available literature and thus all the plant ...

Nutritional, Therapeutic, and Prophylactic Properties of Vigna subterranea and Moringa oleifera

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) [BGN] is an easy-to-cultivate legume seed classified under the family Fabaceae, sub-family Faboidea and genus Vigna [1]. Two botanical varieties exist, namely V. subterranea var. spontanea (wild varieties) and V. subterranea var. subterranea (cultivated varieties). BGN originated in West Africa from the Bambara district near Timbuktu and is now ...

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