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Nutritional Fact of Acacia nilotica

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Acacia is a genus of Fabaceae. This genus has about 20 species in the world that Acacia Nilotica is one species of the genus Acacia. Acacia Nilotica is one of around 130 African Acacia species. This plant is commonly recognized as a single, extremely variable species and divided into nine subspecies. Acacia Nilotica is a standard sized tree and is generally grown in tropical and subtropical area. Dissimilar species of this plant grow in Asia, Australia, Africa and America. Other names of Acacia Nilotica is “Kikar”, “Acacia Arabica”, “Babhul” and “Babool”.6 Acacia Nilotica is a plant with an umbrella formed crown with low branches, which are often scattered. It grows to a height of 3 to 5 meters. Acacia Nilotica has wide-ranging of therapeutic uses. In traditional medicine, Acacia Nilotica is widely used. This plant has anti-microbial, anti-plasmodial and antioxidant activity and used for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus and cancer.7 It is useful for treatmen...

Nutritional Fact of Abalone

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  Abalone not only tastes great, but also an excellent source of many vital  nutrients . In Asian cultures, abalone has long been appreciated for its health benefits, including healthy eyes and skin. Farmed abalone is  low  in fat and a good source of omega 3, iodine and phosphorous (phosphate) The literature mining shows that, the related genes , its term frequency shows its occurrence in the literature, indirectly its importance. The gene names  are  Genes Frequency T, brachyury homolog (mouse) 33 insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7 9 androgen receptor 8 tumor necrosis factor 8 D site of albumin promoter (albumin D-box) binding protein 7 arginine vasopressin 6 catalase 6 lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF factor 6 ornithine carbamoyltransferase 5 Ras homolog enriched in brain 5 ribosomal protein L5 5 afamin 4 ...

SCIENTIFIC FACTS ABOUT MORINGA

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The information has been collected from literature minning of 60 papers on Moringa from PUBMED The PMID numbers are listed as the end of the content. Moringa (Moringaceae) is a highly valued plant, distributed in many countries of the tropics and subtropics. It has an impressive range of medicinal uses with high nutritional value.   There are different Moringa taxa. Moringa oleifera, M. concanensis, M. stenopetala, an M. concanensis X oleifera hybrid, and M. longituba. Biochemical characterization of moringa seed soluble fiber revealed that it is a protease resistant-glycoprotein with 5% neutral sugars. M. longituba have highest protein content and M. ruspoliana having the highest calcium levels. The chemical characteristic of the leaves of M. oleifera were done. The whole leaf flour contained 28.7% crude protein, 7.1% fat, 10.9% ashes, 44.4% carbohydrate and 3.0mg 100g(-1) calcium and 103.1mg 100g(-1) iron. Diabetes: Moringa has been used in traditi...