Moringa Oleifera: A Review of the Medical Evidence for Its Nutritional,

Therapeutic, and Prophylactic Properties. Part 1.

by Jed W. Fahey, Sc.D.
Peer Reviewed, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences

“Moringa appears to be a nutritional and medicinal cornucopia. The author, a Western-trained nutritional biochemist who has studied some of Moringa’s phytochemicals for almost a decade, gives a brief commentary and extensive references, and presents a table introducing some of the tree’s most intriguing features. This is the first article in a series, and will be followed by more detailed analysis of some of the strongest claims made regarding this edible plant.”