Moringa Oleifera Leaves Nutritional Values

Moringa Nutritional Values

Moringa Oleifera has very high nutrition values, this positions the plant high in the table of the "Healthy Edible Plants & Vegetables" as an important source of Vitamins & Minerals essential for our health. In the present time many aid programs & NGO in Africa are training and assisting the local population growing Moringa as an answer to malnutrition, especially in children and breastfeeding mothers due to the effect of milk production and quality. In addition Moringa is being used to feed cattle and live stock to achieve better results in milk production and body mass.

Comparing Moringa Oleifera to other plants and food:

Moringa Leaves - Amino Acids (All values are per 100 grams of edible portion.) Fresh Leaves Dried Leaves Arginine 406.6 mg 1,325 mg Histidine 149.8 mg 613 mg Isoleucine 299.6 mg 825 mg Leucine 492.2 mg 1,950 mg Lysine 342.4 mg 1,325 mg Methionine 117.7 mg 350 mg Phenylalinine 310.3 mg 1,388 mg Threonine 117.7 mg 1,188 mg Tryptophan 107 mg 425 mg Valine 374.5 mg 1,063 mg

Moringa Leaves - Vitamins and Minerals (All values are per 100 grams of edible portion.) Fresh Leaves Dried Leaves Vitamin A (Arginine Carotene) 6.78 mg 18.9 mg Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.06 mg 2.64 mg Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.05 mg 20.5 mg Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 0.8 mg 8.2 mg Vitamin C 220 mg 17.3 mg Vitamin E 448 mg Calcium 440 mg 2,003 mg Calories 92 cal 329 cal Carbohydrates 12.5 g 41.2 g Copper 0.07 mg 0.57 mg Fat 1.70 g 5.2 g Fibers 0.90 g 19.2 g Iron 0.85 mg 28.2 mg Magnesium 42 mg 368 mg Phosphorus 70 mg 204 mg Potassium 259 mg 1,324 mg Protein 6.70 g 29.4 g Zinc 0.16 mg 3.29 mg

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