Drum Stick (Moringa oleifera Lam.) - A Miracle Tree in India

Moringa oleifera is a multi-purpose herbal plant used as human food-chain and an alternative for medicinal purposes worldwide. Its different parts are sources of proteins vitamins and minerals having discernible pharmacological and biotechnological potential. Various parts of this plant such as the leaves roots seed bark fruit flowers and immature pods act as anti-asthmatic antitumor anti-inflammatory diuretic antiulcer antihypertensive cholesterol-lowering antidiabetic antioxidant antibacterial hepatoprotective and antifungal activities. In addition its plant parts are highly enriched with vitamins minerals amino acids considered crucial for growth and development. Moreover M. oleifera seeds are widely used in water and effluent treatment for their coagulation flocculation and sedimentation properties their ability to improve water quality.