【Product Name】: Moringa Leaf Extract

【Botanical Name】: Moringa oleifera 

【Part used】: Leaf

【Appearance】: Brownish Yellow powder

【Specification】: 4：1  10：1 / Regular Powder / Saponins 20%

【Storage Period】: 24 Months

【Package】: 1kg/bag 25kg/drum

【Test Method】: HPLC

【Storage Conditions】: Store in cool and dry places. Keep away from strong light and heat.

Description

Moringa is a fast-growing, deciduous tree that can reach a height of 10–12 m and a trunk diameter of 45 cm. The bark has a whitish-grey color and is surrounded by thick cork. Young shoots have purplish or greenish-white, hairy bark. The tree has an open crown of drooping, fragile branches, and the leaves build up a feathery foliage of tripinnate leaves.

The flowers are fragrant and hermaphroditic, surrounded by five unequal, thinly veined, yellowish-white petals. The flowers are about 1.0–1.5 cm long and 2.0 cm broad. They grow on slender, hairy stalks in spreading or drooping flower clusters which have a length of 10–25 cm.

Flowering begins within the first six months after planting. In seasonally cool regions, flowering only occurs once a year between April and June. In more constant seasonal temperatures and constant rainfall, flowering can happen twice or even all year-round.

The fruit is a hanging, three-sided brown capsule of 20–45 cm size which holds dark brown, globular seeds with a diameter of around 1 cm. The seeds have three whitish papery wings and are dispersed by wind and water.

Chemical Composition

The stems and leaves of Moringa mainly contain diterpenoid alcohol, phytol, phthalate bis (2-ethylheptyl) ester, phthalate bis (2-ethyloctyl) ester, eugenol, n-phenylethyl acetyl acid, cis-3,4-dihydroxy - β - violet, 4 - [(4 '- O-acetyl - α - l-rhamnosyloxy) benzol] isothiocyanate, glycerin linolenate, β - sitosterol, daucosterol and so on.            

Moringa seed is rich in volatile oil, flavonoids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, alkaloids and saponins.