Physicochemical characterization of leaves, seeds and vegetable oil of Moringa oleifera ecotype Plain
Keywords:
Moringa oleifera; leaves; seeds; vegetable oil; shell.Abstract
Moringa oleifera is a plant with several biological activities and therapeutic properties, with a
high content of vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals such as vanillin, omega fatty acids,
carotenoids, ascorbates, tocopherols, β-sitosterol, octacosanoic acid, moringin, moringinin
and important phytoestrogens. The objective of this work is to determine and quantify the
content of total polyphenols, flavonoids of hydroalcoholic extracts of leaves and some
physiochemistry properties of seeds, shells and extracted vegetable oil of M. oleifera, Plain
ecotype from India and acclimatized in Cuba. Qualitative and quantitative physiochemical,
spectrophotometric, and chromatographic methods are employed. The results obtained
showed that this species has tannins, polyphenols, flavonoids in similar quantities like other
ecotypes acclimatized in Cuba, and the vegetable oil obtained is of good quality comparable
with different ecotypes from other countries.
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