MORINGA OLEIFERA, FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENT: NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES AND HEALTH BENEFITS
Moringa oleifera is a tropical plant that provides various nutritional benefits in nutrition and medicine. It is a popular ingredient in fortified staple foods due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticarcinogenic properties. This study aims to assess the acceptability of the plant amo...
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| Language: | English |
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Alma Mater Publishing House "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau
2024-06-01
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| Series: | Scientific Study & Research: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Food Industry |
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| Online Access: | https://pubs.ub.ro/?pg=revues&rev=cscc6&num=202402&vol=2&aid=5641 |
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| Summary: | Moringa oleifera is a tropical plant that provides various
nutritional benefits in nutrition and medicine. It is a popular ingredient in
fortified staple foods due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticarcinogenic
properties. This study aims to assess the acceptability of the
plant among students and its perceived properties. Thus, 44 subjects,
divided into two groups (22 in each group) were included in this study.
For ten days, each group consumed 5 or 10 grams of moringa per day.
Throughout the study, the subjects completed two validated questionnaires:
the first one was distributed before the consumption and the second
questionnaire after the intended period. The results obtained at the end of
the study showed that both groups of consumers noticed beneficial effects
on physical well-being and intellectual activity. However, people who
consumed 10 g of moringa experienced more noticeable effects due to its
powerful effect on concentration, well-being and the elimination of factors
that cause fatigue, compared to the consumption of 5 g of moringa, where
the majority of respondents stated that they did not feel any effect due to the
low dose ingested. |
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| ISSN: | 1582-540X |