Humans have always been on the lookout for health-promoting drugs. Edible oils are one of the most well-known items for their nutritional and health benefits. This study looked at bioactive compounds in Moringa oleifera seed oil (MOSO) and its enormous potential use in the production of a variety of beneficial products. In fact, Moringa oleifera (MO) is cultivated for nutraceutical and medicinal utilities. Nevertheless, MOSO is now being researched for its possible application as a natural antioxidant for both edible and/or medicinal drugs. The effect of the different extraction techniques of seed oil and the origin of moringa seeds on the amount and quality of bioactive compounds were investigated in the present work. According to the findings, MOSO is a good source of nutrients and may be classified as a health-promoting product and can be used as a resource in the production of diverse culinary and medicinal items.
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Medicinal plants have been employed for treating diseases in all cultures since ancient times (Malik et al., 2005). Indeed, natural flora has become an extremely valuable source for health upgrading and treating several diseases across many human communities. Besides, a variety of plant species are still in use in many parts of the world such as Asia (Duraipandiyan et al., 2006), South America (Bolzani et al., 2012) and Africa (Khalid et al., 2012) for remedies against several diseases. Despite the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) have ascertained that the primary health care system for the 60% of the world's population, a large number of plant species with potential biological activities remain undiscovered (Li and Vederas, 2009). Traditional medicines' efficacy is now presumed due to its superior compatibility with human body, more cultural acceptance around the world and lesser adverse effects (Verma and Singh, 2008). More than 35,000 plant species are used for medicine in various human cultures around the world (Lewington, 1993) and for primary health care nearly 80% of the world populations rely on these traditional medicines which most of the time incorporate the use of seed oil and plant extracts most of the time (Sandhya et al., 2006).
It is to be mentioned that ethnomedicinal studies play an important role in the discovery of novel drugs from homegrown medicinal plants and green pharmaceuticals are gaining popular approval due to their amazing properties (Yaseen et al., 2015) because the unrivaled availability of chemical diversity and natural products, either as pure compounds or as homogenous plant extracts, provides vast opportunities for new drug discoveries (Jina and Sumitra, 2007). Herbal medicines, on the other hand, have no such side effects and due to the combinations of medicinal constituents coupled with minerals and vitamins have benefits over synthetic ones (Hussain, 2007).
In modern pharmacopeia about 25% drugs and also a great number of synthetic analogs prepared on Scientists' attention is currently being drawn to ethnomedicine as a result of the resuscitation of knowledge in traditional health practices across the world. As a result, the demand for herbal medicines and other natural products derived from various plant species has steadily increased in recent years. Since the history of ethnobotany, a lot of contemporary pharmaceuticals have been found, with a special emphasis on the documentation of traditional medicinal plant knowledge. 78 percent of novel chemical ingredients developed from medicinal plants are natural or natural product-derived compounds that are being employed as a possible alternative therapy for infectious disorders (Lokhande et al., 2007). About 25% of medications and a large number of synthetic analogs based on proto-type chemicals derived from plants are found in current pharmacopeias (Mahmood et al., 2013).