Moringa oleifera is one of the most widespread species belonging to family Moringaceae. Almost each part of this tree has enormous properties in nutrition, medicine, or other industrial purposes. This review mainly introduces nutritional ingredients, bioactive compounds, applications and potentials of this tree, including leaves, seeds, pods, flowers, root barks and gum, in order to bring convenience to industries and researchers all over the world focusing on each part of this amazing plant. Moreover, the review also analyzes the current application situation of M. oleifera in China. After summarizing the recent researches of M. oleifera, we conclude that most current researches focus on the leaves and seeds of this plant, and the most concerned property of M. oleifera is the antioxidant ability. However, the molecular mechanisms under its multiple properties need further studies.
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辣木,營(yíng)養(yǎng)價(jià)值,藥用價(jià)值,潛在應(yīng)用
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National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81673552) and the Major Scientific and Technological Special Project for “Significant New Drugs Creation” (No. 2014ZX09304307001)
Yang Liu, Xiao-yue Wang, Xue-min Wei, Zi-tong Gao, Jian-ping Han. Values, properties and utility of different parts of Moringa oleifera: an overview[J]. Chinese Herbal Medicines (CHM),2018,10(4):371-378
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