The African and Arabian Moringa Species:Chemistry, Bioactivity and Therapeutic Applications

Moringa species grow in arid and semiarid areas with mean annual rainfall below 100 cm. They are usually fast-growing and reach maturity in a couple of years. The species are greatly valued for their traditional uses, socio-economic significance and therapeutic applications. Apart from being used as salad/vegetable, many species are effective in the cure of obesity, diabetes, cancer and other diseases. Further, seeds of Moringa stenopetala (Baker.f.) Cufod., the African Moringa, are used in cleansing turbid water in Ethiopia. For these varied and veritable attributes and at different degrees of authenticity/efficacy, a focused publication on these ‘miracle plants’ is in fact called for and a book of this kind is truly welcome.