Price Comparison of Moringa in the Greater District of Columbia Area, United States of America.
A number of studies have demonstrated the antioxidant properties of MO. A study of an aqueous extract of MO leaves using in vitro systems showed the free radical scavenging ability of
MO, and also its ability to inhibit oxidative damage to DNA. The aqueous leaf extract was shown to exhibit the most antioxidant activity and to have the highest concentrations of phenolic, flavonoid, and ascorbic acid antioxidants. Another study by Siddhuraju and Becker showed that MO leaf samples from three different agroclimatic origins have very high free radical scavenging activity.
Here, these naturally occurring antioxidant compounds decrease oxidative damage in tissues by scavenging harmful free radicals and by cell enhancement.
Many studies also show the anti-microbial properties of MO. A study on the control of coliform bacteria detected from diarrhea-associated patients showed that the organic leaf extracts
of MO exhibited a remarkable antibacterial effect against the tested bacterial pathogens including Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, and Salmonella species. Another study showed the antibacterial activity of bark extracts of MO against Staphylococcus aureus, Citrobacter freundi,
Bacillus megaterium, and Pseudomonas fluorescens.
There was a study done using paper disks soaked in MO leaf extracts to determine the susceptibility of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. While some of the gram-negative bacteria
showed resistance, the disks were most efficient and showed good inhibition against S. aureus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Enterococcus faecalis, and Aeromonas caviae.
Adv Food Technol Nutr Sci Open J. 2022; 8(1): 14-19. doi: 10.17140/AFTNSOJ-8-175
