Health benefits of Moringa oleifera

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 8571-8576

  Razis, Ahmad Faizal Abdull ^a,b   Ibrahim, Muhammad Din ^b   Kntayya, Saie Brindha ^b  

^a Faculty of Science and Technology   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti fibrotic; Anti hyperglycemic; Anti inflammatory; Anti microbial; Antioxidant; Moringa oleifera

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; MINERAL; PLANT EXTRACT; VITAMIN;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84911059523     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.20.8571     Document Type: Short Survey

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