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Extraction of Functional Components from Moringa oleifera and Development of Moringa oleifera-Based Products

LIU Fengxia, WANG Miaomiao, ZHAO Youwei, XU Xiaoyun, PAN Siyi*   

  1. College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
  • Online:2015-10-15 Published:2015-10-20

Abstract:

Moringa oleifera is a miraculous plant with high nutritional value. Almost all parts of this plant including roots,
stems, leaves, flowers, seeds, branch and bark are reported to have important medicinal values. This article reviews the
recent progress made in the extraction of functional components from Moringa oleifera, including seed oil, phenolics and
flavonoids, polysaccharides and proteins, as well as in the development of Moringa oleifera-based products. Furthermore the
application prospect of Moringa oleifera in China is discussed as well.

Key words: Moringa oleifera, functional components, extraction, product development

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