Phytochemical, nutritional and anti-bacterial properties of the dried leaf powder of Moringa oleifera used as food supplement, or source of vegetable in soup preparation were investigated in this study. The phytochemicals identified in the leaf powder included tannis, saponins, alkaloids, phenols flavonoids and glycosides. The nutritional investigations revealed the presence of carbohydrates (2...

Aim: To evaluate the antibacterial activity of different leaf extracts of Moringa oleifera growing in Sudan. Methodology: The antibacterial activity of leaf extracts (Water, Butanol, Ethyl acetate and Chloroform) of Moringa oleifera were investigated in vitro using Agar-well diffusion method against eight different Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. Results: Ethyl acetate extract recorde...

Context: Plant materials contain glycoproteins (phytolectins) that are toxic in nature may play a key role in the control of various normal and pathological processes in living organisms and have diverse biochemical and diagnostic applications. Objectives: Screening of three lectins SLL-1, SLL-2 and SLL-3 purified from Drumstick (Moringa oleifera Lam.) leaves for their antibacterial activities ...

Decomposition and N release pattern from the leaves of three shrubs species were studied under field conditions. Leaves Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.), Guazuma ulmifolia (Lam.) Moringa oleifera two mixtures, + Guazuma, in a complete randomized block design, during dry wet seasons. Litterbags randomly distributed each experimental placed on soil surface, residues recovered after 2, 4, 8, 16 weeks....

In this study, the potential use of Moringa oleifera as a clotting agent of different types of milk (whole, skim, and soy milk) was investigated. M. oleifera seed extract showed high milk-clotting activity followed by flower extract. Specific clotting activity of seed extract was 200 times higher than that of flower extract. Seed extract is composed by four main protein bands (43.6, 32.2, 19.4,...

Seed ageing during storage is one of the main causes of reduction in seed quality and this results in loss of vigour and failure to thrive. Finding appropriate storage conditions to ameliorate deterioration due to ageing is, therefore, essential. Ultrastructural changes in cellular organelles during storage and seed germination rates are valuable indices of damage that occurs during seed ageing...

A field experiment was conducted at Horticultural College and Research Institute, TNAU, Periyakulam to determine the effect of drip fertigation on plant growth leaf yield moringa variety PKM -1 under high density planting system. The treatment consisted 75,100, 125, 150 percent recommended dose fertilizers system along with soil application 100 without any as control. laid out in randomized blo...